Electrophysiological properties of rat phrenic motoneurons during perinatal development

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1365-1378

  Martin Caraballo, Miguel ^a   Greer, John J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; MAMMAL; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MOTONEURON; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; STEADY STATE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0033016965     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.81.3.1365     Document Type: Article

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