Late vagal inhibition in neurons of the ventrolateral medulla oblongata in the rat

Neuroscience

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 877-888

  Zagon, A ^a   Ishizuka, K ^a   Rocha, I ^a   Spyer, K M ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

In vivo intracellular recording; IPSP; Late onset hyperpolarization; Rat; Vagus; Ventrolateral medulla oblongata

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC INHIBITION; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0033065588     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(99)00040-8     Document Type: Article

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