Mechanisms underlying the early phase of spike frequency adaptation in mouse spinal motoneurons

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 566, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 519-532

  Miles, G B ^a   Dai, Y ^b   Brownstone, Rob M ^a,c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APAMIN; CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; IBERIOTOXIN; LINOPIRDINE; RILUZOLE; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH RECORDING; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; MOUSE; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM CONDUCTANCE; SODIUM CURRENT; SPIKE WAVE; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; VOLTAGE CLAMP; WHOLE CELL; DEPOLARIZATION; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; POTASSIUM CURRENT; SPIKE FREQUENCY ADAPTATION; WHOLE CELL PATCH CLAMP;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; APAMIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; RILUZOLE; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; SODIUM CHANNELS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 22744438957     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2005.086033     Document Type: Article

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