Intrinsic firing properties of developing rat superficial dorsal horn neurons

NeuroReport

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1325-1328

  Baccei, Mark L ^a   Fitzgerald, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action potential; Neonatal; Patch clamp; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPIKE WAVE; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TOUCH;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 24044451588     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.wnr.0000175612.08560.10     Document Type: Article

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