Effects of prostaglandin E2 on the electrical properties of thermally classified neurons in the ventromedial preoptic area of the rat hypothalamus

BMC Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Ranels, Heather J ^a   Griffin, John D ^a  

^a The College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HYPOTHALAMUS; ION CURRENT; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SYNAPSE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMOREGULATION; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HEAT; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; IN VITRO STUDY; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TEMPERATURE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; DINOPROSTONE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NEURONS; PREOPTIC AREA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TEMPERATURE; VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 26444483967     PISSN: 14712202     EISSN: 14712202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2202-6-14     Document Type: Article

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