In vivo whole-cell recording from neurons of the superior colliculus in fetal rats

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 108, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 255-262

  Sakata, Yoshiyuki ^a   Fujioka, Takashi ^a   Nakamura, Shoji ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Action potential; Development; Membrane property; Postsynaptic potential; Rectification

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FETUS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TEMPORAL SUMMATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FETUS; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SYNAPSES; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 0032527036     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(98)00055-8     Document Type: Article

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