A parallel cholinergic brainstem pathway for enhancing locomotor drive

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 731-738

  Smetana, Roy ^a   Juvin, Laurent ^b   Dubuc, Réjean ^b,c   Alford, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; CALCIUM ION; MUSCARINE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CELL ACTIVITY; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; LOCOMOTION; MESENCEPHALIC LOCOMOTOR REGION; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PETROMYZON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOSPINAL TRACT; RHOMBENCEPHALON;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GLUTAMIC ACID; LAMPREYS; LOCOMOTION; MESENCEPHALON; NEURONAL TRACT-TRACERS; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; SPINAL CORD; SWIMMING; SYNAPSES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77952850721     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.2548     Document Type: Article

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