Spinal cord injury induces serotonin supersensitivity without increasing intrinsic excitability of mouse V2a interneurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 38, 2012, Pages 13145-13154

  Husch, Andreas ^a   van Patten, Gabrielle N ^a   Hong, Diana N ^a   Scaperotti, Moira M ^a   Cramer, Nathan ^a   Harris Warrick, Ronald M ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITALOPRAM; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURON; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY VISUAL CORTEX; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SUPERSENSITIVITY;

ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; CITALOPRAM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INTERNEURONS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT2C; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84866423408     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2995-12.2012     Document Type: Article

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