Multimodal distribution of amplitudes of miniature and spontaneous EPSPs recorded in rat trigeminal motoneurones

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 494, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 171-182

  Min, Ming Yuan ^a   Appenteng, Kwabena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; TETRODOTOXIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MOTONEURON; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 0029938172     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1996.sp021483     Document Type: Article

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