Electrical excitability of the soma of sensory neurons is required for spike invasion of the soma, but not for through-conduction

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 2181-2191

  Amir, Ron ^a   Devor, Marshall ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL INTERACTION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIMULATION; SOMATIC CELL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL GANGLION; SYNAPSE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TOAD; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANURA;

EID: 0037382254     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(03)75024-3     Document Type: Article

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