Fictive locomotion in the adult decerebrate and spinal mousein vivo

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 590, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 289-300

  Meehan, C F ^a   Grondahl, L ^a   Nielsen, J B ^a   Hultborn, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN; LEVODOPA; NIALAMIDE;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECEREBRATION; FEMALE; FICTIVE LOCOMOTION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LATENT PERIOD; LOCOMOTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; STIMULATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

5-HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN; ANIMALS; CATS; DECEREBRATE STATE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HAPLORHINI; LEVODOPA; LOCOMOTION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, ANIMAL; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITORS; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NIALAMIDE; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RABBITS; RATS; REACTION TIME; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84855881403     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2011.214643     Document Type: Article

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