Propagation of action potentials in the dendrites of neurons from rat spinal cord slice cultures

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 154-170

  Larkum, Matthew E ^a   Rioult, Marc G ^a   Lüscher, Hans R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CONDUCTANCE; CALCIUM METABOLISM; CELL CULTURE; DENDRITIC CELL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MOTONEURON; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030065416     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.75.1.154     Document Type: Article

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