Cell-cell coupling occurs in dorsal medullary neurons after minimizing anatomical-coupling artifacts

Neuroscience

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 21-40

  Dean, J B ^c   Huang, R Q ^a,c   Erlichman, J S ^b,c   Southard, T L ^c   Hellard, D T ^c  

^a UNT   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain slice; Dorsal motor nucleus of vagus; Electrotonic coupling; Gap junction; Nucleus tractus solitarius; Perforated patch recording

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; BIOCYTIN; CALCIUM ION; CARBON DIOXIDE; LUCIFER YELLOW; MAGNESIUM; PROTON;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL JUNCTION; CHEMORECEPTOR; DEPOLARIZATION; HYPERPOLARIZATION; ION CURRENT; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROSCOPY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; COLORING AGENTS; FEMALE; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS;

EID: 0030873972     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(97)00016-X     Document Type: Article

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