Of slow waves and spike patches

News in Physiological Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 138-144

  Lammers, Wim J E P ^a   Slack, John R ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; REVIEW; SMALL INTESTINE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; INTESTINE, SMALL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0035354576     PISSN: 08861714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiologyonline.2001.16.3.138     Document Type: Article

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