Morphology and membrane properties of neurones in the cat ventrobasal thalamus in vitro

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 505, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 707-726

  Turner, Jonathan P ^a,b   Anderson, Caroline M ^a,c   Williams, Stephen R ^a,d   Crunelli, Vincenzo ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION;

AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; INTERNEURON; MALE; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE; STEADY STATE; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL BODY; CELL SIZE; DELTA OSCILLATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; EVOKED RESPONSE; INWARD RECTIFICATION; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; OUTWARD RECTIFICATION; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS; VENTROBASAL THALAMUS; YOUNG ADULT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CATS; CELL MEMBRANE; DENDRITES; FEMALE; INTERNEURONS; MALE; NEURONS; THALAMUS;

EID: 0031574357     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1997.707ba.x     Document Type: Article

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