Temporal neurotransmitter conditioning restores the functional activity of adult spinal cord neurons in long-term culture

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 171-180

  Das, Mainak ^a   Bhargava, Neelima ^a   Bhalkikar, Abhijeet ^a   Kang, Jung Fong ^a   Hickman, James J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine chloride; Adult rat spinal cord neurons; Electrophysiology; Glutamate (N acetyl dl glutamic acid); Motoneuron; Neurotransmitters; Regeneration; Serotonin; Serum free medium; Silane substrate

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; N ACETYL DEXTRO GLUTAMIC ACID; NEUROTRANSMITTER; SEROTONIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL CULTURE; CELL FUNCTION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MAMMAL; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GLUTAMIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; SEROTONIN; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSES; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 37549055489     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2007.09.019     Document Type: Article

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