Four cell types with distinctive membrane properties and morphologies in lamina I of the spinal dorsal horn of the adult rat

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 539, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 817-836

  Prescott, Steven A ^a,b   De Koninck, Yves ^a,b  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DE L INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EN SANTÉ MENTALE DE QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; MALE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPIKE WAVE; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TISSUE SLICE;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; KINETICS; MALE; MEMBRANES; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0037088833     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2001.013437     Document Type: Article

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