Non-linear membrane properties of sacral sphincter motoneurones in the decerebrate cat

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 523, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 741-753

  Paroschy, K L ^a   Shefchyk, S J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; METHOXAMINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CONTINENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECEREBRATION; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MALE; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MICTURITION; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRUM; SENSORY NERVE; SPHINCTER; ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; EXTRACELLULAR RECORDING; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON;

EID: 0034654028     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.2000.00741.x     Document Type: Article

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