Interneuronal synapses formed by motor neurons appear to be glutamatergic

NeuroReport

Volumn 22, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 809-813

  Zhang, Hongmei ^d   Wu, Chia Yen ^b   Wang, Wenlan ^c   Harrington, Melissa A ^a  

^a DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^d EAST TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

motor neuron; patch clamp; primary culture; slice recording; spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 2;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; EMBRYO; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; AXONS; GLUTAMIC ACID; INTERNEURONS; MOTOR NEURONS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PRIMARY CELL CULTURE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSES;

EID: 80053654713     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: 1473558X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e32834b6d5c     Document Type: Article

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