Passive electrical properties of ventral horn neurons in rat spinal cord slices

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 2485-2502

  Thurbon, David ^a   Lüscher, Hans R ^a,b   Hofstetter, Thomas ^b   Redman, Stephen J ^a  

^a Biology and Environment   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCYTIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; LYSINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; COMPARTMENT MODEL; DENDRITE; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; MALE; MEMBRANE RESISTANCE; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; STEADY STATE; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME; VIDEORECORDING; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; LYSINE; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 2642639619     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.79.5.2485     Document Type: Article

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