Short-term plasticity in hindlimb motoneurons of decerebrate cats

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 2038-2045

  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

LIDOCAINE ETHOBROMIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; DECEREBRATION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FACILITATION; HINDLIMB; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL;

EID: 0031795955     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.80.4.2038     Document Type: Article

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