Serotonin affects movement gain control in the spinal cord

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 38, 2014, Pages 12690-12700

  Wei, Kunlin ^a   Glaser, Joshua I ^b,c   Deng, Linna ^a   Thompson, Christopher K ^c,d   Stevenson, Ian H ^b,c   Wang, Qining ^a   Hornby, Thomas George ^b,c,d   Heckman, Charles J ^b,c   Kording, Konrad P ^b,c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Efficient control; Gain control; Neuromodulation; Pharmacology; Serotonin; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

CYPROHEPTADINE; ESCITALOPRAM; PAROXETINE; PLACEBO; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST; CITALOPRAM; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE EXTENSION; LEARNING; MOTOR SYSTEM; MOVEMENT GAIN CONTROL; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD CONTROL; SPINAL REFLEX; TENDON REFLEX; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; EFFICIENT CONTROL; GAIN CONTROL; MOTONEURON; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MYOTATIC REFLEX; PHARMACOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINAL CORD; WRIST;

EFFICIENT CONTROL; GAIN CONTROL; NEUROMODULATION; PHARMACOLOGY; SEROTONIN; SPINAL CORD;

CITALOPRAM; CYPROHEPTADINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURONS; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REFLEX, STRETCH; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SPINAL CORD; WRIST;

EID: 84907143540     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1855-14.2014     Document Type: Article

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