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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
24
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-6-16
pubmed:abstractText
The properties of mammalian spinal interneurons that underlie rhythmic locomotor networks remain poorly described. Using postnatal transgenic mice in which expression of green fluorescent protein is driven by the promoter for the homeodomain transcription factor Hb9, as well as Hb9-lacZ knock-in mice, we describe a novel population of glutamatergic interneurons located adjacent to the ventral commissure from cervical to midlumbar spinal cord levels. Hb9+ interneurons exhibit strong postinhibitory rebound and demonstrate pronounced membrane potential oscillations in response to chemical stimuli that induce locomotor activity. These data provide a molecular and physiological delineation of a small population of ventral spinal interneurons that exhibit homogeneous electrophysiological features, the properties of which suggest that they are candidate locomotor rhythm-generating interneurons.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1529-2401
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
25
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
5710-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15958737-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15958737-Cattle, pubmed-meshheading:15958737-Electrophysiology, pubmed-meshheading:15958737-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:15958737-Green Fluorescent Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15958737-Growth Hormone, pubmed-meshheading:15958737-Homeodomain Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15958737-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:15958737-In Situ Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:15958737-Interneurons, pubmed-meshheading:15958737-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:15958737-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:15958737-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:15958737-RNA Splicing, pubmed-meshheading:15958737-Recombination, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:15958737-Spinal Cord, pubmed-meshheading:15958737-Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:15958737-beta-Galactosidase
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Conditional rhythmicity of ventral spinal interneurons defined by expression of the Hb9 homeodomain protein.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 1X5, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't