Feedback in the brainstem: An excitatory disynaptic pathway for control of whisking

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 523, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 921-942

  Matthews, David W ^a   Deschênes, Martin ^b   Furuta, Takahiro ^c   Moore, Jeffrey D ^a   Wang, Fan ^d   Karten, Harvey J ^a,e   Kleinfeld, David ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DE L INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EN SANTÉ MENTALE DE QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f NEUROBIOLOGY SECTION   (United States)

Author keywords

AB_10003058; AB_10013220; AB_10563390; AB_2336126; AB_303884; AB_90738; Active sensing; Reflex; Spinal nuclei; Trigeminus; Vibrissa; Viral tracers

Indexed keywords

VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 2; CHOLERA TOXIN; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 1; GLYCINE TRANSPORTER; PHOTOPROTEIN; SLC17A6 PROTEIN, MOUSE; VESICULAR INHIBITORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; VIAAT PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; FACIAL NERVE NUCLEUS; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CONTROL; MOUSE; NERVE PROJECTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; SPINAL TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS PARS MURALIS; SYNAPSE; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS; VIBRISSA; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; INNERVATION; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; REFLEX; SENSORY FEEDBACK; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VAGUS NERVE;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; CHOLERA TOXIN; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLYCINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURONS; REFLEX; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSES; VAGUS NERVE; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 2; VESICULAR INHIBITORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORT PROTEINS; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 84922592406     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.23724     Document Type: Article

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