The role of voltage-sensitive dendritic conductances in generating bistable firing patterns in motoneurons

Journal of Physiology Paris

Volumn 93, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 97-100

  Heckman, C J ^a   Lee, Robert H ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bistability; Monoamines; Motoneuron; Noradrenalin; Plateau potential; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CAT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY AFFERENT DEPOLARIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRICEPS SURAE MUSCLE; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0033050692     PISSN: 09284257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-4257(99)80140-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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