Role of ligand-gated ion channels in the swimming behaviour of Xenopus tadpoles: Experimetal data and modelling experiments

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 265-273

  Prime, L ^a   Pichon, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Ion channels; Modelling; Swimming; Xenopus tadpole

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; ION CHANNEL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

CHANNEL GATING; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENDRITE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; LAMPREY; LIGAND BINDING; LOCOMOTION; MEMBRANE ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PATTERN GENERATOR; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SWIMMING; TADPOLE; XENOPUS;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; 6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; ANIMALS; AXONS; DENDRITES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; LIGANDS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SOFTWARE; SWIMMING; XENOPUS;

PETROMYZONTIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 4344573269     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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