Plateau potentials in hindlimb motoneurones of female cats under anaesthesia

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 399-403

  Kirkwood, P A ^a   Lawton, M ^a   Ford, T W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Hindlimb motoneurones; Oestrogen; Plateau potentials

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL BENZOATE;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ESTRUS; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPEROXIA; HYSTERECTOMY; MOTONEURON; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DRIVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADJUVANTS, ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; CATS; ESTRUS; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; MOTOR NEURONS;

EID: 0036383455     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-002-1163-0     Document Type: Article

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