Properties of spinal motoneurons and interneurons in the adult turtle: Provisional classification by cluster analysis

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 400, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 544-570

  McDonagh, Jennifer C ^a   Gorman, Robert B ^a,b   Gilliam, Edwin E ^a   Hornby, T George ^a   Reinking, Robert M ^a   Stuart, Douglas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Current frequency relation; Neuronal discharge; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

BIOCYTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CELL STRUCTURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HINDLIMB; INTERNEURON; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; TURTLE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; INTERNEURONS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MOTOR NEURONS; SPINAL CORD; TIME FACTORS; TURTLES;

EID: 0032476540     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19981102)400:4<544::AID-CNE8>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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