Lamina-specific membrane and discharge properties of rat spinal dorsal horn neurones in vitro

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 541, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 231-244

  Ruscheweyh, Ruth ^a,b   Sandkühler, Jürgen ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOTHESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY STIMULATION; SPIKE WAVE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL GANGLION; TISSUE PREPARATION;

4-AMINOPYRIDINE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0037095823     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2002.017756     Document Type: Article

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