Properties of a distinct subpopulation of GABAergic commissural interneurons that are part of the locomotor circuitry in the neonatal spinal cord

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 4821-4833

  Wu, Linying ^a   Sonner, Patrick M ^b   Titus, David J ^a   Wiesner, Erik P ^a   Alvarez, Francisco J ^b   Ziskind Conhaim, Lea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN COMMISSURE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; INTERNEURON; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR CONTROL; MOUSE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENSHAW CELL; SODIUM CURRENT; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; INTERNEURONS; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE NET; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 79955732212     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4764-10.2011     Document Type: Article

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