Electrophysiological properties and synaptic responses of cells in the trigeminal principal sensory nucleus of postnatal rats

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2765-2775

  Lo, Fu Sun ^a,b   Guido, William ^a   Erzurumlu, Reha S ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN STEM; DENDRITE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTERNEURON; NERVE FIBER; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPSE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS; VIBRISSA;

EID: 0032719861     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.82.5.2765     Document Type: Article

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