Passive properties of swimmeret motor neurons

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 92-102

  Sherff, Carolyn M ^a,b   Mulloney, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; DEPOLARIZATION; GANGLION; MEMBRANE RESISTANCE; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MOTONEURON; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030811148     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.78.1.92     Document Type: Article

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