Local oscillations of spiking activity in organotypic spinal cord slice cultures

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2076-2088

  Czarnecki, Antonny ^a   Magloire, Vincent ^a   Streit, Jürg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Central motor networks; GABA; Glutamate; Glycine; Rat; Riluzole

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; AMPA RECEPTOR; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATORY POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GLYCINE AGENTS; NERVE NET; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RILUZOLE; SPINAL CORD; STRYCHNINE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 42049111223     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2008.06171.x     Document Type: Article

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