Preservation of VGLUT1 synapses on ventral calbindin-immunoreactive interneurons and normal locomotor function in a mouse model of spinal muscular atrophy

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 702-710

  Thirumalai, Vatsala ^a,b   Behrend, Rachel M ^a   Birineni, Swetha ^b   Liu, Wenfang ^a   Blivis, Dvir ^a   O'Donovan, Michael J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Interneurons; Locomotion; Renshaw cells; SMA; Spindle afferents

Indexed keywords

CALBINDIN; VESICULAR ACETYLCHOLINE TRANSPORTER; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC SYNAPSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL ROOT; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERNEURON; LOCOMOTION; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; RENSHAW CELL; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; CALBINDINS; CHOLINERGIC NEURONS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; INTERNEURONS; LOCOMOTION; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL; S100 CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN G; SPINAL CORD; SURVIVAL OF MOTOR NEURON 1 PROTEIN; SYNAPSES; VESICULAR ACETYLCHOLINE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 1;

EID: 84873363396     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00601.2012     Document Type: Article

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