Organization and neurochemical properties of intersegmental interneurons in the lumbar enlargement of the adult rat

Neuroscience

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 461-484

  Liu, T T ^a   Bannatyne, B A ^a   Maxwell, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcium binding protein; Motor control; Neuronal network; Neurotransmitter; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; CALBINDIN; CALRETININ; GLYCINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERNEURON; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; MOTONEURON NUCLEUS; NERVE ENDING; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURONS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 78149283708     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.09.012     Document Type: Article

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