Cellular properties of lateral spinal nucleus neurons in the rat L6- S1 spinal cord

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 3078-3086

  Jiang, M C ^a,b   Liu, L ^a   Gebhart, G F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APAMIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL;

EID: 0033021614     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.81.6.3078     Document Type: Article

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