On-going and reflex synaptic events in rat superior cervical ganglion cells

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 501, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 165-182

  McLachlan, Elspeth M ^a   Davies, Philip J ^a   Häbler, H Joachim ^b   Jamieson, John ^a  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATION; FEMALE; HISTOGRAM; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE; NERVE CELL; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REFLEX; SKIN; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; ACTION POTENTIAL AMPLITUDE; ANIMAL TISSUE; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EXCITATORY SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROTRANSMISSION; POSTGANGLIONIC NERVE; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE CELL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKIN STIMULATION; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION CELL;

EID: 0030905944     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1997.165bo.x     Document Type: Article

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