Intrinsic physiological and morphological properties of principal cells of the hippocampus and neocortex in hamsters infected with scrapie

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 406-423

  Barrow, Paul A ^a   Holmgren, Carl D ^a   Tapper, Alice J ^a   Jefferys, John G R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

AFTERDISCHARGE; AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; DENDRITIC SPINE; EVOKED RESPONSE; HAMSTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SCRAPIE; SCRAPIE AGENT;

EID: 0032701489     PISSN: 09699961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nbdi.1999.0255     Document Type: Article

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