Multiple actions of iontophoretically applied serotonin on motorneurones in the turtle spinal cord in vitro

Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 301-310

  Skydsgaard, M ^a   Hounsgaard, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

5 HT; Calcium channel; Dendrites; Electrophysiology; Iontophoresis; Modulation; Plateau potential

Indexed keywords

8 HYDROXY 2 PROPYLAMINOTETRALIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL; GLUTAMIC ACID; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DRUG EFFECT; IONTOPHORESIS; MODULATION; MOTONEURON; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; TURTLE;

EID: 0030482284     PISSN: 00016772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-201X.1996.558326000.x     Document Type: Article

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