Adaptations in glutamate and glycine content within the lumbar spinal cord are associated with the generation of novel gait patterns in rats following neonatal spinal cord transection

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 50, 2011, Pages 18598-18605

  Cantoria, Mary Jo ^a   Anne See, Pamela ^a   Singh, Harmit ^a   de Leon, Ray D ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; GLYCINE TRANSPORTER 2; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOCOMOTION; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; TREADMILL; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GAIT; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; GLYCINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; LOCOMOTION; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 1;

EID: 83455247257     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3499-11.2011     Document Type: Article

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