Cortical stimulation causes long-term changes in H-reflexes and spinal motoneuron GABA receptors

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 108, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2668-2678

  Wang, Yu ^a   Chen, Yi ^a   Chen, Lu ^a   Wolpaw, Jonathan R ^a   Chen, Xiang Yang ^a  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain stimulation; GABAergic terminal, interneuron, and receptor; Learning and memory; Spinal cord plasticity

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HOFFMANN REFLEX; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABELING INDEX; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; GABAERGIC NEURONS; GENE EXPRESSION; INTERNEURONS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, GABA-B; REFLEX; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84869199611     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00516.2012     Document Type: Article

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