Active Dendritic Integration of Inhibitory Synaptic Inputs in Vivo

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 3617-3624

  Kuo, Jason J ^a   Lee, Robert H ^b   Johnson, Michael D ^a   Heckman, Heather M ^a   Heckman, C J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; IN VIVO STUDY; MONOAMINE NERVE CELL; MOTONEURON; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ANIMALS; BIOGENIC MONOAMINES; CATS; DENDRITES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ION CHANNELS; MOTOR NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0348012929     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00521.2003     Document Type: Article

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