Requirement of neuronal connexin36 in pathways mediating presynaptic inhibition of primary afferents in functionally mature mouse spinal cord

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 590, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 3821-3839

  Bautista, Wendy ^a   Nagy, James I ^a   Dai, Yue ^a   Mccrea, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 36;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL ROOT POTENTIAL; ELECTRICAL SYNAPSE; EVOKED SPINAL CORD RESPONSE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MONOSYNAPTIC REFLEX; MOTONEURON; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MOUSE; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; VENTRAL ROOT; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BIOTIN; CONNEXINS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GAP JUNCTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84865652270     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2011.225987     Document Type: Article

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