Dorsal spinocerebellar tract neurons in the chronic intact cat during wakefulness and sleep: Analysis of spontaneous spike activity

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1260-1272

  Soja, Peter J ^a   Fragoso, Miguel C ^a   Cairns, Brian E ^a   Jia, William G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

action potential; antidromic; behavioral state; dorsal spinocerebellar tract; sensory; sleep; spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; MUSCLE TWITCH; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PONTOGENICULOOCCIPITAL WAVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SPINOCEREBELLAR TRACT;

EID: 0029873961     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-03-01260.1996     Document Type: Article

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