Electrophysiological and morphological properties of neurons acutely isolated from the rostral gustatory zone of the rat nucleus of the solitary tract

Chemical Senses

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 729-737

  Du, Junhui ^a   Bradley, Robert M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CELL STRUCTURE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS; RATS; SOLITARY NUCLEUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030445301     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/21.6.729     Document Type: Article

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