Functional identification of the input-output transforms of mammalian motoneurones

Journal of Physiology Paris

Volumn 93, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 29-42

  Binder, Marc D ^a   Poliakov, Andrew V ^a,b   Powers, Randall K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Motoneurones; Synaptic transduction; White noise analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CAT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HISTOGRAM; MOTONEURON; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; RAT; VALIDATION PROCESS; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0033050316     PISSN: 09284257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-4257(99)80134-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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