High safety factor for action potential conduction along axons but not dendrites of cultured hippocampal and cortical neurons

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 2089-2101

  Mackenzie, Paul J ^a   Murphy, Timothy H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; SODIUM ION; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; DENDRITE; FETUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SODIUM CURRENT;

EID: 0031739640     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.80.4.2089     Document Type: Article

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