Characterization of the electrophysiological and morphological properties of rat central amygdala neurons in vitro

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 663-673

  Schiess, Mya C ^a   Callahan, Patrick M ^b   Zheng, Hua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Afterhyperpolarization; Intracellular electrophysiology; Neurobiotin; Varicosities

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN;

AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MALE; MEMBRANE ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CELL SIZE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0033485314     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19991201)58:5<663::AID-JNR7>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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