Neurotrophins and spinal circuit function

Frontiers in Neural Circuits

Volumn 8, Issue JUNE, 2014, Pages

  Boyce, Vanessa S ^a,b   Mendell, Lorne M ^a  

^a Stony Brook University   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

c Fos; Locomotion; Motor neuron; Neurotrophin; Nociceptor; Pain; Spinal cord injury; Stretch reflex

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN 3; NEUROTROPHIN;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONNECTOME; MALADJUSTMENT; MONOSYNAPTIC REFLEX; MOTONEURON; NERVE PROJECTION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STEPPING; ANIMAL; C-FOS; LOCOMOTION; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PAIN; PAIN RECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

C-FOS; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR NEURON; NEUROTROPHIN; NOCICEPTOR; PAIN; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STRETCH REFLEX;

ANIMALS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NERVE NET; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84902112950     PISSN: 16625110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2014.00059     Document Type: Article

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