Influence of voltage-sensitive dendritic conductances on bistable firing and effective synaptic current in cat spinal motoneurons in vivo

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 2107-2110

  Lee, R H ^a   Heckman, C J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; DENDRITIC CELL; DEPOLARIZATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0029743470     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.76.3.2107     Document Type: Article

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