The postnatal development of refractory periods and threshold potentials at cerebellar Purkinje neurons

Brain Research

Volumn 1097, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 59-64

  Guan, Sudong ^a   Ma, Shanfeng ^a   Zhu, Yan ^a   Wang, Jinhui ^a,b  

^a BENGBU MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Action potentials Cerebellar Purkinje cells and development; Refractory periods; Threshold potentials

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MATURATION; BRAIN SLICE; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; RAT; REFRACTORY PERIOD; WHOLE CELL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PREGNANCY; PURKINJE CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 33745885014     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2006.04.092     Document Type: Article

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