Functional characterization of dI6 interneurons in the neonatal mouse spinal cord

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 107, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3256-3266

  Dyck, Jason ^a   Lanuza, Guillermo M ^b   Gosgnach, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b FUNDACIÓN INSTITUTO LELOIR   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Central pattern generator; Neural circuit

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; DBX1 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INTERNEURON; LOCOMOTION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATORY POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; VENTRAL ROOT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FEMALE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INTERNEURONS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PERIODICITY; PROTEINS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 84862535416     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01132.2011     Document Type: Article

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