In vivo single unit extracellular recordings from spinal cord neurones of rats

Brain Research Protocols

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 26-34

  Urch, C E ^a   Dickenson, A H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extracellular; In vivo; Postnatal; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; THERMAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 0042591219     PISSN: 1385299X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-299X(03)00068-0     Document Type: Article

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