Locomotor pattern in the adult zebrafish spinal cord in vitro

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-48

  Gabriel, Jens Peter ^a   Mahmood, Riyadh ^a   Walter, Alexander M ^a,c   Kyriakatos, Alexandros ^a   Hauptmann, Giselbert ^a   Calabrese, Ronald L ^a,b   El Manira, Abdeljabbar ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; STRYCHNINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; LOCOMOTION; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE; NERVE CELL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSE; VENTRAL ROOT; WHOLE CELL; ZEBRA FISH;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GLYCINE; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PERIODICITY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; STRYCHNINE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 38349001575     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00785.2007     Document Type: Article

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