N-methyl-D-aspartate-induced oscillations in whole cell clamped neurons from the isolated spinal cord of Xenopus laevis embryos

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 1069-1073

  Prime, L ^a,b   Pichon, Y ^b   Moore, L E ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0032769948     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.82.2.1069     Document Type: Article

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