Role of spinal 5-HT2 receptor subtypes in quipazine-induced hindlimb movements after a low-thoracic spinal cord transection

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2231-2242

  Ung, Roth V ^a   Landry, Eric S ^a   Rouleau, Pascal ^a   Lapointe, Nicolas P ^a   Rouillard, Claude ^a,b   Guertin, Pierre A ^a,b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Central pattern generator; Locomotion; Serotonin receptors; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; QUIPAZINE; SEROTONIN 2 AGONIST; SEROTONIN 2 RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 2A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 2B RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 2C RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; HINDLIMB; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KINEMATICS; LOCOMOTION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; TREADMILL; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HINDLIMB; MALE; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT; NERVE NET; PARALYSIS; QUIPAZINE; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT2A; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT2B; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT2C; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN AGONISTS; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 56749170806     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2008.06508.x     Document Type: Article

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