Contribution of commissural projections to bulbospinal activation of locomotion in the in vitro neonatal rat spinal cord

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1171-1178

  Cowley, Kristine C ^a   Zaporozhets, Eugene ^a   Joundi, Raed A ^a   Schmidt, Brian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; SEROTONIN; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; N METHYLASPARTIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; IN VITRO STUDY; LOCOMOTION; MOUSE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; METHODOLOGY; NERVE TRACT; NEWBORN; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN STEM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; LOCOMOTION; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PERIODICITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEROTONIN; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 64749110687     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.91212.2008     Document Type: Article

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