Synaptic differentiation of single descending fibers studied by triple intracellular recording in the frog spinal cord

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 763-768

  Dityatev, Alexander E ^a,b   Clamann, H Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FROG; MOTONEURON; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULAR FORMATION; RETICULOSPINAL TRACT; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031929593     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.79.2.763     Document Type: Article

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