Relationship between Morphoelectrotonic Properties of Motoneuron Dendrites and Their Trajectory

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 473, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 562-581

  Rose, P K ^a   Cushing, S ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Compartmental model; Current attenuation; Dendritic morphology; Electrotonic structure; Voltage attenuation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; CATS; CELL SIZE; DENDRITES; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 2342463720     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20137     Document Type: Article

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