Temperature sensitivity of neurones in slices of the rat spinal cord

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 498, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 483-495

  Pehl, Ulrich ^a   Schmid, Herbert A ^a   Simon, Eckhart ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HEART AND LUNG RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEAT SENSITIVITY; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMORECEPTOR; WARMING;

EID: 0031037083     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1997.sp021874     Document Type: Article

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