Associations between the morphology and physiology of ventral-horn neurons in the adult turtle

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 454, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 177-191

  McDonagh, Jennifer C ^a,b   Hornby, T George ^a,c   Reinking, Robert M ^a,d   Stuart, Douglas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b A T STILL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendrites; Motor axon; Neuronal properties

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; DENDRITE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INTERNEURON; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; TURTLE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANTERIOR HORN CELLS; AXONS; CELL SIZE; DENDRITES; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; INTERNEURONS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SPINAL CORD; TURTLES;

EID: 0037152585     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10437     Document Type: Article

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