Glutamate drives the touch response through a rostral loop in the spinal cord of zebrafish embryos

Developmental Neurobiology

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 780-795

  Pietri, Thomas ^a   Manalo, Elise ^a   Ryan, Joel ^b   Saint Amant, Louis ^b   Washbourne, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Circuit; Glutamate receptor; Neurotransmitter; Reflex; Synapse

Indexed keywords

1 (4 AMINOPHENYL) 4 METHYL 7,8 METHYLENEDIOXY 5H 2,3 BENZODIAZEPINE; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; DIZOCILPINE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMMISSURAL PRIMARY ASCENDING INTERNEURON; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMBRYO; EVOKED RESPONSE; INTERNEURON; LATENT PERIOD; LOCOMOTION; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE TRANSECTION; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROSTRAL LOOP; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SENSORY SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPSE; TACTILE STIMULATION; TOUCH; ZEBRA FISH;

6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; ANIMALS; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ESCAPE REACTION; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GLUTAMIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, AMPA; REFLEX; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SWIMMING; SYNAPSES; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 70349629750     PISSN: 19328451     EISSN: 10974695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.20741     Document Type: Article

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