Assessment of spike activity in the supraoptic nucleus

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 390-397

  Bhumbra, G S ^a   Inyushkin, A N ^a   Dyball, R E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Oxytocin; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENTROPY; HISTOGRAM; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SPIKE WAVE; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; NEURONS; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 2442549726     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0953-8194.2004.01166.x     Document Type: Article

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