Membrane properties of deep dorsal horn neurons from neonatal rat spinal cord in vitro

Brain Research

Volumn 767, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 214-219

  Hochman, Shawn ^a   Garraway, Sandra M ^a   Pockett, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Development; Slice; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE RESISTANCE; LUMBAR SPINE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0030866874     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00578-7     Document Type: Article

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