Monoamines increase the excitability of spinal neurones in the neonatal rat by hyperpolarizing the threshold for action potential production

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 557, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 355-361

  Fedirchuk, Brent ^a   Dai, Yue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOAMINE; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERPOLARIZATION; LOCOMOTION; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MEMBRANE RESISTANCE; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NEUROMODULATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; VOLTAGE CLAMP; ADULT; AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CURRENT CLAMP TECHNIQUE; FACILITATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; INTERNEURON; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE EXCITABILITY; VOLTAGE CLAMP TECHNIQUE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTERIOR HORN CELLS; LOCOMOTION; NOREPINEPHRINE; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEROTONIN; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 3042589335     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2004.064022     Document Type: Article

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