Plateau-generating neurones in the dorsal horn in an in vitro preparation of the turtle spinal cord

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 493, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 39-54

  Russo, Raúl E ^a,b   Hounsgaard, Jørn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,4 DIHYDRO 2,6 DIMETHYL 5 NITRO 4 [2 (TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PHENYL] 3 PYRIDINECARBOXYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; APAMIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL; COBALT; NIFEDIPINE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; TETRYLAMMONIUM;

AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DEPOLARIZATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPOLARIZATION; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; TURTLE;

EID: 0029916310     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1996.sp021363     Document Type: Article

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