Sensitivity of spinal neurons to GABA and glycine during voluntary movement in behaving monkeys

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 193-201

  Wu, Guoji ^a   Perlmutter, Steve I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Inhibition; Interneurons; Iontophoresis; Wrist

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; BICUCULLINE; GLYCINE; STRYCHNINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND MOVEMENT; HAPLORHINI; IONTOPHORESIS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; WRIST;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BICUCULLINE; GABA-A RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLYCINE; GLYCINE AGENTS; MACACA NEMESTRINA; MALE; MOVEMENT; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; SPINAL CORD; STRYCHNINE;

EID: 84871865352     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01081.2011     Document Type: Article

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