Primary afferent-evoked synaptic plasticity in deep dorsal horn neurons from neonatal rat spinal cord in vitro

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 230, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 61-64

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Development; Long term depression; Long term potentiation; Nociception

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SYNAPSES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031564834     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00475-8     Document Type: Article

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