The afterhyperpolarization conductance exerts the same control over the gain and variability of motoneurone firing in anaesthetized cats

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 576, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 873-886

  Manuel, Marin ^a   Meunier, Claude ^a   Donnet, Maud ^a   Zytnicki, Daniel ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID;

AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CORRELATION FUNCTION; EVOKED SPINAL CORD RESPONSE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; VOLTAGE CLAMP; BRAIN DEPTH RECORDING; CELL KINETICS; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CLAMP; EVOKED RESPONSE; FIRING RATE; FORCE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; REVERSAL POTENTIAL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CATS; CHELATING AGENTS; EGTAZIC ACID; MATHEMATICS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME FACTORS; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 33750425756     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2006.117002     Document Type: Article

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