Postnatal changes in electrophysiological properties of rat nucleus tractus solitarii neurons

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1612-1624

  Vincent, Anne ^a   Tell, Fabien ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

A current; Brainstem slice; Development; Rat; Whole cell

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COBALT; SODIUM ION; TETRODOTOXIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; AGE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REBOUND; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; SOLITARY NUCLEUS;

EID: 0030871879     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1997.tb01519.x     Document Type: Article

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