Early history of glycine receptor biology in mammalian spinal cord circuits

Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Callister, Robert John ^a   Graham, Brett Anthony ^a  

^a HUNTER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bicuculline; Chloride channel; Inhibition; Motoneuron; Renshaw cell; Strychnine; Synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BICUCULLINE; GLYCINE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; STRYCHNINE;

CAT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DENDRITE; EVOKED RESPONSE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INTERNEURON; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR NERVE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE ENDING; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 77953389927     PISSN: 16625099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2010.00013     Document Type: Review

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