Enhancing Proprioceptive Input to Motoneurons Differentially Affects Expression of Neurotrophin 3 and Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor in Rat Hoffmann-Reflex Circuitry

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Gajewska Woźniak, Olga ^a   Skup, Małgorzata ^a   Kasicki, Stefan ^a   Ziemlińska, Ewelina ^a   Czarkowska Bauch, Julita ^a  

^a NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROTROPHIN 3; NEUROTROPHIN 3 RECEPTOR;

AFFERENT NERVE GROUP 1; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOFFMANN REFLEX; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PROPRIOCEPTION; RAT; SIGNAL DETECTION; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TIBIAL NERVE; TISSUE LEVEL; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; H-REFLEX; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; NEUROTROPHIN 3; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTOR, TRKB; RECEPTOR, TRKC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

RATTUS;

EID: 84878948041     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065937     Document Type: Article

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