Analysis of neural bursting: Nonrhythmic and rhythmic activity in isolated spinal cord

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 141-147

  Dekhuijzen, A J ^a,b   Bagust, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Burst; Chaos; Dorsal root; Interspike interval; Rhythm; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAMSTER; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL GANGLION;

EID: 0030221195     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-0270(96)00033-7     Document Type: Article

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