Gain control mechanisms in spinal motoneurons

Frontiers in Neural Circuits

Volumn 8, Issue JULY, 2014, Pages

  Johnson, Michael D ^a   Heckman, Charles J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gain; Motoneuron; Serotonin; Spinal cord; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN;

AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; BRAIN STEM; ION TRANSPORT; JOINT FUNCTION; MONOAMINERGIC SYSTEM; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROMODULATION; PERSISTENT INWARD CURRENT; REVIEW; SENSORY SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURONS; MOVEMENT; NEURAL INHIBITION; SEROTONIN; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84905164305     PISSN: 16625110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2014.00081     Document Type: Review

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