Synaptic activation of plateaus in hindlimb motoneurons of decerebrate cats

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 2023-2037

  Bennett, David J ^a,b   Hultborn, Hans ^a   Fedirchuk, Brent ^a   Gorassini, Monica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECEREBRATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HINDLIMB; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX RECRUITMENT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031739279     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.80.4.2023     Document Type: Article

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