Measurement of excitability of tonically firing neurones tested in a variable-threshold model motoneurone

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 544, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 315-332

  Matthews, Peter B C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HISTOGRAM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE; TIME; ACTION POTENTIAL AMPLITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL INHIBITION; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036794490     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2002.024984     Document Type: Article

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