Imaging synaptically mediated responses produced by brainstem inputs onto identified spinal neurons in the neonatal mouse

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-8

  Szokol, Karolina ^a   Perreault, Marie Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Calcium; Descending pathways; Interneurons; Motoneurons; Motor control; Optical recording; Reticulospinal; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

AMINE; CALCIUM; DEXTRAN; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EX VIVO STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; INNERVATION; INTERNEURON; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CONTROL; MOUSE; NEUROIMAGING; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AXONS; BRAIN STEM; CALCIUM; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FLUORESCENT DYES; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; INTERNEURONS; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURONS; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; RETICULAR FORMATION; SPINAL CORD; STAINING AND LABELING; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 67349228451     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2009.01.018     Document Type: Article

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