Chapter 27. Plasticity of excitatory synaptic transmission in the spinal cord dorsal horn

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 113, Issue C, 1996, Pages 463-506

  Randic M ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; OPIATE RECEPTOR; TACHYKININ;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030447317     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: 18757855     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(08)61104-8     Document Type: Article

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