Hyperexcitable dendrites in motoneurons and their neuromodulatory control during motor behavior

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 688-695

  Heckman, C J ^a   Lee, Robert H ^b   Brownstone, Robert M ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL ACTIVATION; DENDRITE; HYSTERESIS; LOCOMOTION; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE FUNCTION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0242643730     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2003.10.002     Document Type: Review

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