Propriospinal neurons are sufficient for bulbospinal transmission of the locomotor command signal in the neonatal rat spinal cord

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 586, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1623-1635

  Cowley, Kristine C ^a   Zaporozhets, Eugene ^a   Schmidt, Brian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; POTASSIUM ION; SEROTONIN; POTASSIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; LOCOMOTION; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOSPINAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD HEMISECTION; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; BRAIN STEM; BULBOSPINAL PROJECTION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR SYSTEM; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE PROJECTION; PROPRIOSPINAL NEURON; SPINAL CORD; VENTRAL ROOT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PROPRIOCEPTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 40949162289     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2007.148361     Document Type: Article

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