Contribution of persistent sodium current to locomotor pattern generation in neonatal rats

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 613-628

  Tazerart, Sabrina ^a   Viemari, Jean Charles ^a   Darbon, Pascal ^a   Vinay, Laurent ^a   Brocard, Frédéric ^a,b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL; RILUZOLE; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GRAY MATTER; INTERNEURON; LOCOMOTION; MOTONEURON; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SODIUM CURRENT; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; INTERNEURONS; LOCOMOTION; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MOTOR NEURONS; N-METHYLASPARTATE; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RILUZOLE; SEROTONIN; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; SODIUM CHANNELS; SPINAL CORD; TETRODOTOXIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34547817700     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00316.2007     Document Type: Article

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