Maturation in properties of motoneurons and their segmental input in the neonatal rat

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 3875-3885

  Seebach, Bradley S ^a   Mendell, Lorne M ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; EVOKED SPINAL CORD RESPONSE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MONOSYNAPTIC REFLEX; MYELINATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE ENDING; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030467996     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.76.6.3875     Document Type: Article

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