Development of spontaneous synaptic transmission in the rat spinal cord

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 2277-2287

  Gao, Bao Xi ^a   Cheng, Gong ^a   Ziskind Conhaim, Lea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TETRODOTOXIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MOTONEURON; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RAT; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031840887     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.79.5.2277     Document Type: Article

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