Electrophysiological and pharmacological properties of locomotor activity-related neurons in cfos-EGFP mice

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 3365-3383

  Dai, Yue ^a   Carlin, Kevin P ^a   Li, Zongming ^b   McMahon, Douglas G ^c   Brownstone, Robert M ^b   Jordan, Larry M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; DOPAMINE; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; PROTEIN C FOS; SEROTONIN;

AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HYPERPOLARIZATION; LOCOMOTION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL GANGLION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOPHYSICS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOTOR ACTIVITY; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; SEROTONIN; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 71949116311     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00265.2009     Document Type: Article

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