Frequency-current relationships of rat hindlimb α-motoneurones

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 573, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 663-677

  Button, Duane C ^a   Gardiner, Kalan ^a   Marqueste, Tanguy ^a   Gardiner, Phillip F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KETAMINE; PENTOBARBITAL; XYLAZINE;

AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ALPHA NERVE FIBER; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECEREBRATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SCIATIC NERVE; SPIKE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ACTION POTENTIAL AMPLITUDE; ANIMAL CELL; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; FIRING RATE; FREQUENCY CURRENT RELATIONSHIP; ION TRANSPORT; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; SPIKE WAVE;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHETICS, COMBINED; ANIMALS; DECEREBRATE STATE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; KETAMINE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PENTOBARBITAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCIATIC NERVE; TIME FACTORS; XYLAZINE;

EID: 33744910632     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2006.107292     Document Type: Article

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