Saccade-related inhibitory input to pontine omnipause neurons: An intracellular study in alert cats

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1198-1208

  Yoshida, Kaoru ^a   Iwamoto, Yoshiki ^a   Chimoto, Sohei ^a   Shimazu, Hiroshi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE ION;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; NERVE CELL; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; VELOCITY;

EID: 0032841535     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.82.3.1198     Document Type: Article

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