NMDA receptor blockade maintains correlated motor neuron firing and delays synapse competition at developing neuromuscular junctions

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 36, 2008, Pages 8983-8992

  Personius, Kirkwood E ^a,c   Karnes, James L ^b   Parker, Sara D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b D'YOUVILLE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Kimball Tower ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Activity; Competition; Gap junctions; MK801; Motor neuron; Neuromuscular junction

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 37; CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 43; DIZOCILPINE; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; FENCLONINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHLORAMPHETAMINE; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; GAP JUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; MOTONEURON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ACTION POTENTIAL; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CONNEXINS; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MALE; MICE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; P-CHLOROAMPHETAMINE; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RNA, MESSENGER; SEROTONIN AGENTS;

EID: 54049122316     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5226-07.2008     Document Type: Article

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