Distinct inhibitory neurons exert temporally specific control over activity of a motoneuron receiving concurrent excitation and inhibition

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 38, 2009, Pages 11732-11744

  Sasaki, Kosei ^a   Brezina, Vladimir ^a   Weiss, Klaudiusz R ^a   Jing, Jian ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APLYSIA; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INGESTION; INTERNEURON; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDERGIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; APLYSIA; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LINEAR MODELS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; SYNAPSES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70349310345     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3051-09.2009     Document Type: Article

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