Descending command systems for the initiation of locomotion in mammals

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 183-191

  Jordan, Larry M ^a   Liu, Jun ^a   Hedlund, Peter B ^b   Akay, Turgay ^c   Pearson, Keir G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

5 Hydroxytryptamine; Adult mouse; Brainstem; Central pattern generator; Dopamine; EMG; Excitatory amino acids; Isolated spinal cord; Locomotion; Noradarenaline; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN 2A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 7 RECEPTOR;

BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG MECHANISM; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; LOCOMOTION; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MAMMAL; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; DOPAMINE; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; GLUTAMATES; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MAMMALS; NOREPINEPHRINE; SEROTONIN;

EID: 36749061303     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2007.07.019     Document Type: Review

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