Postnatal emergence of serotonin-induced plateau potentials in commissural interneurons of the mouse spinal cord

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2191-2202

  Abbinanti, Matthew D ^a   Zhong, Guisheng ^a   Harris Warrick, Ronald M ^a  

^a Cornell Univ ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bistability; Calcium current; Central pattern generator; Development; Modulation

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; NIFEDIPINE; SEROTONIN;

AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CALCIUM CURRENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERNEURON; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROMODULATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; INTERNEURONS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NIFEDIPINE; POTASSIUM; SEROTONIN; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84867697010     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00336.2012     Document Type: Article

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