Single-axon action potentials in the rat hippocampal cortex

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 548, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 745-752

  Raastad, Morten ^a   Shepherd, Gordon M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FILTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VIVO STUDY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; REFRACTORY PERIOD; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SAFETY; SPIKE WAVE; TEMPERATURE; ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; NONMYELINATED NERVE; SYNAPSE; VARICOSIS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AXONS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; KINETICS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS;

KYNURENIC ACID;

EID: 0038324204     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2002.032706     Document Type: Review

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