Identification of Minimal Neuronal Networks Involved in Flexor-Extensor Alternation in the Mammalian Spinal Cord

Neuron

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1071-1084

  Talpalar, Adolfo E ^a   Endo, Toshiaki ^a,c   Löw, Peter ^a   Borgius, Lotta ^a   Hägglund, Martin ^a   Dougherty, Kimberly J ^a   Ryge, Jesper ^a   Hnasko, Thomas S ^b   Kiehn, Ole ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; GLUTAMATERGIC NEUROTRANSMISSION; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERNEURON; LOCOMOTION; MAMMAL; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; GLYCINE AGENTS; INTERNEURONS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE NET; PERIODICITY; PICROTOXIN; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; SPINAL CORD; STRYCHNINE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 2;

EID: 80053107449     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: 10974199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2011.07.011     Document Type: Article

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