Alteration in synaptic inputs through C-afferent fibers to substantia gelatinosa neurons of the rat spinal dorsal horn during postnatal development

Neuroscience

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 549-556

  Nakatsuka, T ^a,b   Ataka, T ^a   Kumamoto, E ^a   Tamaki, T ^b   Yoshimura, M ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Patch clamp; Plasticity; Primary afferent; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE;

AFFERENT NERVE GROUP 1; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MALE; MEMBRANE CURRENT; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER C; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SUBSTANTIA GELATINOSA; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GANGLIA, SPINAL; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUBSTANTIA GELATINOSA; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0034675014     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(00)00224-4     Document Type: Article

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