Intrinsic firing dynamics of vestibular nucleus neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 2083-2095

  Sekirnjak, Chris ^a   Du Lac, Sascha ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

IH; Phase lead; Postinhibitory rebound; Potassium current; Spike frequency adaptation; Vestibular nucleus neuron

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; HEAD MOVEMENT; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VESTIBULAR NERVE; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX;

EID: 0037088903     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-06-02083.2002     Document Type: Article

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