Axon diversity of lamina I local-circuit neurons in the lumbar spinal cord

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 521, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2719-2741

  Szucs, Peter ^a   Luz, Liliana L ^a   Pinho, Raquel ^a   Aguiar, Paulo ^a,b   Antal, Zsófia ^c   Tiong, Sheena Y X ^d   Todd, Andrew J ^d   Safronov, Boris V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3 D reconstruction; Interneuron; Propagation time; Propriospinal connection; Varicosity distribution

Indexed keywords

NEUROTRANSMITTER; AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; BIOCYTIN; LYSINE; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 2; VESICULAR INHIBITORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; VIAAT PROTEIN, RAT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MYELINATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SPINAL LAMINA I; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NEWBORN; PATCH CLAMP TECHNIQUE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WISTAR RAT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AXONS; DENDRITES; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES; LYSINE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPINAL CORD; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 2; VESICULAR INHIBITORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 84879484866     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.23311     Document Type: Article

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