Comparative electrotonic analysis of three classes of rat hippocampal neurons

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 703-720

  Carnevale, Nicholas T ^a,d   Tsai, Kenneth Y ^a   Claiborne, Brenda J ^c   Brown, Thomas H ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^d Yale Station   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; DENTATE GYRUS; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MOSSY FIBER; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0030855847     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.78.2.703     Document Type: Article

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