Electrophysiological properties of rat pontine nuclei neurons in vitro. I. Membrane potentials and firing patterns

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 3323-3337

  Schwarz, Cornelius ^a   Möck, Martin ^a   Thier, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

TETRODOTOXIN;

AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERPOLARIZATION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPIKE;

EID: 2642633740     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.78.6.3323     Document Type: Article

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