Association of somatic action potential shape with sensory receptive properties in guinea-pig dorsal root ganglion neurones

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 513, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 857-872

  Djouhri, L ^a   Bleazard, L ^a   Lawson, S N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENTOBARBITAL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; AFFERENT NERVE GROUP 1; AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BETA NERVE FIBER; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLABROUS SKIN; GUINEA PIG; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MECHANORECEPTOR; MUSCLE SPINDLE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER C; NERVE STIMULATION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY RECEPTOR; SPINAL GANGLION; LATENT PERIOD; SPIKE WAVE; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; VELOCITY; WAVEFORM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GUINEA PIGS; MECHANORECEPTORS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURONS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NOCICEPTORS; RECEPTORS, SENSORY;

EID: 0032535249     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1998.857ba.x     Document Type: Article

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