Primary afferent synaptic responses recorded from trigeminal caudal neurons in a mandibular nerve-brainstem preparation of neonatal rats

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 524, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 503-512

  Onodera, Kayoko ^a   Hamba, Michiko ^b   Takahashi, Tomoyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; AMPA RECEPTOR; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; BRAIN STEM; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MANDIBULAR NERVE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBSTANTIA GELATINOSA; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; ANIMAL CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; LATENT PERIOD; NERVE CONDUCTION VELOCITY; NERVE FIBER C; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS; WHOLE CELL PATCH CLAMP;

EID: 0034655430     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.2000.00503.x     Document Type: Article

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