Commissural interneurons with input from group I and II muscle afferents in feline lumbar segments: Neurotransmitters, projections and target cells

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 587, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 401-418

  Jankowska, E ^b   Bannatyne, B A ^a   Stecina, K ^b   Hammar, I ^b   Cabaj, A ^b   Maxwell, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN COMMISSURE; CAT; CELL LABELING; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERNEURON; LUMBAR SPINE; MOTONEURON; MOTONEURON NUCLEUS; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOSPINAL TRACT; ADULT; AFFERENT NERVE GROUP 1; AFFERENT NERVE GROUP 2; ALPHA NERVE FIBER; ANIMAL TISSUE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; TARGET CELL; YOUNG ADULT;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CATS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; INTERNEURONS; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; REFLEX; SPINAL CORD; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 2;

EID: 58349095781     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2008.159236     Document Type: Article

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