Characterization of last-order premotor interneurons by transneuronal tracing with rabies virus in the neonatal mouse spinal cord

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 519, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 3470-3487

  Coulon, Patrice ^a   Bras, Hélène ^a   Vinay, Laurent ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Cholinergic interneurons; Inhibition; Locomotor network; Motoneurons

Indexed keywords

CALBINDIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLYCINERGIC NEURON; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INOCULATION; INTERNEURON; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR SYSTEM; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FUNCTION; NEUROMODULATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RABIES VIRUS; RENSHAW CELL; RETROGRADE NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; SPINAL CORD; STAINING; TRANSNEURONAL TRACING; TRICEPS SURAE MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; INTERNEURONS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOTOR NEURONS; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT-TRACING TECHNIQUES; RABIES VIRUS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 80053292280     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22717     Document Type: Article

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