Electrophysiological and morphological heterogeneity of neurons in slices of rat suprachiasmatic nucleus

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 506, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 775-793

  Pennartz, C M A ^a   De Jeu, M T G ^a   Geurtsen, A M S ^a   Sluiter, A A ^a   Hermes, M L H J ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL STRUCTURE; DENDRITE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MALE; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MICROSCOPY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPIKE; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; ADAPTATION; AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; REBOUND; TIME;

BIOCYTIN; CALCIUM ION;

ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; LYSINE; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0032007965     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1998.775bv.x     Document Type: Article

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