Electrophysiological heterogeneity of spinally projecting serotonergic and nonserotonergic neurons in the rostral ventromedial medulla

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1853-1863

  Zhang, Liang ^a   Sykes, Kenneth T ^a   Buhler, Amber V ^a   Hammond, Donna L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METENKEPHALINAMIDE[2 DEXTRO ALANINE]; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR AGONIST; PERCHLORATE; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE; SEROTONIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANALGESIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ROSTRAL VENTROMEDIAL MEDULLA; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SPINAL NERVE; ANIMAL; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL GANGLION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; GANGLIA, SPINAL; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEROTONIN; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 33645986531     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00883.2005     Document Type: Article

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