Membrane resonance and subthreshold membrane oscillations in mesencephalic V neurons: Participants in burst generation

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 3729-3739

  Wu, Nanping ^a   Hsiao, Chie Fang ^a   Chandler, Scott H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

4 AP sensitive current; Oral motor activity; Resonance; Subthreshold oscillations; Trigeminal mesencephalic neurons; TTX sensitive persistent sodium current

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MEMBRANE; BURST FORMING UNIT; INTERNEURON; IONIC STRENGTH; JAW MOVEMENT; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MESENCEPHALON; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUTH CAVITY; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NERVE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SODIUM CURRENT;

EID: 0035370163     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.21-11-03729.2001     Document Type: Article

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