Persistent sodium currents participate in fictive locomotion generation in neonatal mouse spinal cord

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 4507-4518

  Zhong, Guisheng ^a   Masino, Mark A ^a   Harris Warrick, Ronald M ^a  

^a Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Locomotion; Mouse; NMDA; Persistent sodium current; Riluzole; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; RILUZOLE; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAUDA EQUINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERNEURON; LOCOMOTION; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NERVE STIMULATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM CURRENT; SPIKE WAVE; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VENTRAL ROOT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DOPAMINE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; LOCOMOTION; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MOTOR NEURONS; N-METHYLASPARTATE; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RILUZOLE; SEROTONIN; SODIUM; SODIUM CHANNELS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 34247507769     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0124-07.2007     Document Type: Article

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