Precision of the pacemaker nucleus in a weakly electric fish: Network versus cellular influences

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 971-983

  Moortgat, Katherine T ^a,b,e   Bullock, Theodore H ^c,d   Sejnowski, Terrence J ^a,b  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HALOTHANE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CELL FUNCTION; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PACEMAKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033962248     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.2000.83.2.971     Document Type: Article

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