Evidence for plateau potentials in tail motoneurons of awake chronic spinal rats with spasticity

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1972-1982

  Bennett, David J ^a   Li, Yunru ^a   Harvey, Philip J ^a   Gorassini, Monica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HYPERREFLEXIA; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKIN STIMULATION; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; TAIL;

EID: 0034796756     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.2001.86.4.1972     Document Type: Article

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