Properties of presympathetic neurones in the rostral ventrolateral medulla in the rat: An intracellular study 'in vivo'

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 490, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 729-744

  Lipski, Janusz ^a   Kanjhan, Refik ^a   Kruszewska, Barbara ^a   Rong, Weifang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIDROMIC STIMULATION; ARTICLE; DEPOLARIZATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0030047717     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1996.sp021181     Document Type: Article

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