Nociceptive integration in the rat spinal cord: Role of non-linear membrane properties of deep dorsal horn neurons

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3642-3652

  Morisset, Valérie ^a   Nagy, Frédéric ^a  

^a INSTITUT FRANÇOIS MAGENDIE   (France)

Author keywords

Afterdischarge; Bistability; Dorsal horn neurons; Nociceptive integration; Plateau potentials; Slice intracellular technique

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM ION;

AFTERDISCHARGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; DEPOLARIZATION; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL;

4-AMINOPYRIDINE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CYCLOLEUCINE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; NOCICEPTORS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PAIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0032456616     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1998.00370.x     Document Type: Article

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