Axons, but not cell bodies, are activated by electrical stimulation in cortical gray matter. I. Evidence from chronaxie measurements

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 477-488

  Nowak, Lionel G ^a,b   Bullier, Jean ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain slice; Conduction velocity; Rat; Strength duration relations; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHRONAXY; DENDRITE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPSE; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; AXONS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEMALE; MALE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, WISTAR; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0031983880     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050304     Document Type: Article

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