Somato-dendritic morphology predicts physiology for neurons that contribute to several kinds of limb movements

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 2821-2831

  Berkowitz, Ari ^a   Yosten, Gina L C ^a   Ballard, R Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; HINDLIMB; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INTERNEURON; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; LIMB MOVEMENT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TURTLE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AXONS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOTIN; DENDRITES; EXTREMITIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MOTOR NEURONS; MOVEMENT; PERIODICITY; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SPINAL CORD; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SYNAPSES; TURTLES;

EID: 33646205486     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01246.2005     Document Type: Article

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