Primary afferent synapses on developing and adult Renshaw cells

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 51, 2006, Pages 13297-13310

  Mentis, George Z ^b   Siembab, Valerie C ^a   Zerda, Ricardo ^a   O'Donovan, Michael J ^b   Alvarez, Francisco J ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Interneurons; Motoneuron; Proprioceptive; Recurrent inhibition; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

PARVALBUMIN; VESICULAR ACETYLCHOLINE TRANSPORTER; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL ROOT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMBRYO; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURON; MOTONEURON; MOTOR NERVE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RENSHAW CELL; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSE;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; INTERNEURONS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOTOR NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSES;

EID: 33845781979     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2945-06.2006     Document Type: Article

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