Neurochemical excitation of propriospinal neurons facilitates locomotor command signal transmission in the lesioned spinal cord

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2818-2829

  Zaporozhets, Eugene ^a   Cowley, Kristine C ^a   Schmidt, Brian J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain stem electrical stimulation; In vitro; Locomotion; Neonatal rat

Indexed keywords

2 DIPROPYLAMINO 8 HYDROXYTETRALIN; ACETYLCHOLINE; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLONIDINE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; MAGNESIUM ION; METHOXAMINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NORADRENALIN; POTASSIUM ION; QUIPAZINE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HINDLIMB; LOCOMOTION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE FIBER; NEUROCHEMICAL EXCITATION; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOSPINAL NEURON; RAT; SPINAL CORD HEMISECTION; SPINAL CORD LESION; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SPINAL NERVE; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN STEM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; LOCOMOTION; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PERIODICITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 79959344881     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00917.2010     Document Type: Article

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