Ongoing and stimulus-evoked activity of sympathetically correlated neurons in the intermediate zone and dorsal horn of acutely spinalized rats

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 2699-2707

  Chau, David ^a   Johns, Devin G ^a   Schramm, Lawrence P ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; INTERNEURON; KIDNEY NERVE; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; SPINAL NERVE; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

EID: 0034075211     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.2000.83.5.2699     Document Type: Article

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