Article
Neurotransmitter phenotypes of descending systems in the rat lumbar spinal cord.
Neuroscience - 27 Dec 2012
Du Beau A, Shakya Shrestha S, Bannatyne B A, Jalicy S M, Linnen S, Maxwell D J
Abstract excerpt
Descending systems from the brain exert a major influence over sensory and motor processes within the spinal cord. Although it is known that many descending systems have an excitatory effect on spinal neurons, there are still gaps in our knowledge regarding the transmitter phenotypes used by them. In this study we investigated transmitter phenotypes of axons in the corticospinal tract (CST); the rubrospinal tract...
Topics
- Animals
- Cholera Toxin
- Efferent Pathways
- GABA Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins
- Glutamate Decarboxylase
- Lumbosacral Region
- Male
- Neurotransmitter Agents
- Phenotype
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
