Balanced inhibition and excitation drive spike activity in spinal half-centers

Science

Volumn 315, Issue 5810, 2007, Pages 390-393

  Berg, Rune W ^a   Alaburda, Aidas ^b   Hounsgaard, Jørn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INHIBITION; LIMB; MOTILITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERNEURON; LIMB MOVEMENT; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCRATCHING; SPIKE; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TURTLE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; INTERNEURONS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE NET; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURAL INHIBITION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SPINAL CORD; STRYCHNINE; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TURTLES;

TESTUDINES;

EID: 33846611864     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1134960     Document Type: Article

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