Two types of neurons in the rat cerebellar nuclei as distinguished by membrane potentials and intracellular fillings

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 2017-2029

  Czubayko, Uwe ^a   Sultan, Fahad ^a   Thier, Peter ^a   Schwarz, Cornelius ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ACTION POTENTIAL; AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CEREBELLUM NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE TRACT; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPIKE;

EID: 0035013416     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.2001.85.5.2017     Document Type: Article

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