Hindlimb unweighting for 2 weeks alters physiological properties of rat hindlimb motoneurones

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 568, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 841-850

  Cormery, Bruno ^a,b   Beaumont, Eric ^b   Csukly, Kristina ^b   Gardiner, Phillip ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIDROMIC STIMULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; IMMOBILIZATION; IN VIVO STUDY; ION CONDUCTANCE; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SODIUM CONDUCTANCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIBIA; WEIGHT BEARING; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; FIRING RATE; HINDLIMB; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TIBIAL NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HINDLIMB SUSPENSION; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RATS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION;

EID: 27844532593     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2005.091835     Document Type: Article

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