Spontaneous switching between ortho- and antidromic spiking as the normal mode of firing in the cerebral giant neurons of freely behaving Lymnaea stagnalis

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 4206-4209

  Jansen, Rene F ^a   Pieneman, Anton W ^a   Ter Maat, Andries ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIDROMIC STIMULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GIANT NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAIL; SPIKE; SPIKE WAVE;

EID: 0030451138     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.76.6.4206     Document Type: Article

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