Estimation of postsynaptic potentials in rat hypoglossal motoneurones: Insights for human work

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 551, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 419-431

  Türker, Kemal S ^a   Powers, R K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; BRAIN STEM; CALCULATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HISTOGRAM; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; IN VITRO STUDY; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECORDING; RELIABILITY; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SPIKE WAVE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; HYPOGLOSSAL NUCLEUS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PERISTIMULUS FREQUENCYGRAM; PERISTIMULUS TIME HISTOGRAM; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PROBABILITY; SENSORY NERVE; SIMULATION;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; HUMANS; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0141746294     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2003.044982     Document Type: Article

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