Interneurone bursts are spontaneously associated with muscle contractions only during early phases of mouse spinal network development: A study in organotypic cultures

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2697-2710

  Rosato Siri, Marcelo D ^a   Zoccolan, Davide ^a,c   Furlan, Francesco ^b   Ballerini, Laura ^a,b  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross correlation; Neural circuits; Rhythm; Spinal system

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERNEURON; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BICUCULLINE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GABA AGENTS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GLYCINE AGENTS; INTERNEURONS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE NET; NIPECOTIC ACIDS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; SPINAL CORD; STRYCHNINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 9644254276     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2004.03740.x     Document Type: Article

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