Action-potential initiation and maintained activity of the isolated frog muscle spindle

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1147-1156

  Querfurth, H ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Local response; Mechanoreceptor; Receptor potential; Sensory receptor; Threshold

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DEPOLARIZATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FROG; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE SPINDLE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PRIMARY AFFERENT DEPOLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANVIER NODE; RECEPTOR POTENTIAL; TIME;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; MUSCLE SPINDLES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANA ESCULENTA; SODIUM CHANNELS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33747626496     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2006.04983.x     Document Type: Article

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