Metamodulation of a spinal locomotor network by nitric oxide

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 43, 2004, Pages 9561-9571

  McLean, David L ^a,b   Sillar, Keith T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Inhibition; Locomotion; Nitric oxide; Noradrenaline; Spinal cord; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

2 (4 CARBOXYPHENYL) 4,4,5,5 TETRAMETHYLIMIDAZOLINE 1 OXYL 3 OXIDE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLYCINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; N ACETYLPENICILLAMINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NORADRENALIN; PHENTOLAMINE;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; LOCOMOTION; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; SWIMMING; TADPOLE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; BENZOATES; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLYCINE; IMIDAZOLES; LARVA; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; NOREPINEPHRINE; PENICILLAMINE; PHENTOLAMINE; SPINAL CORD; SWIMMING; SYNAPSES; TIME FACTORS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 7444226816     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1817-04.2004     Document Type: Article

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