An endogenous glutamatergic drive onto somatic motoneurons contributes to the stereotypical pattern of muscle tone across the sleep-wake cycle

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 4649-4660

  Burgess, Christian ^a   Lai, Diane ^c   Siegel, Jerome ^c   Peever, John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Glutamatergic neurotransmission; Motoneuron; NREM sleep; REM atonia; Sleep; Trigeminal

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MICRODIALYSIS; MOTONEURON; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MUSCLE ATONIA; MUSCLE TONE; MUSCLE TWITCH; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REM SLEEP; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SOMATIC CELL; STEREOTYPY; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SLEEP; SPECTROSCOPY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS; WAKEFULNESS;

6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MICRODIALYSIS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE TONUS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SLEEP; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEI; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 44649122894     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0334-08.2008     Document Type: Article

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