Historical reflections on the afterhyperpolarization-firing rate relation of vertebrate spinal neurons

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 145-158

  Stauffer, E K ^a   McDonagh, J C ^b   Hornby, T G ^c   Reinking, R M ^d   Stuart, D G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Afterhyperpolarization; Interneuron; Motoneuron; Stimulus current spike frequency relation; Vertebrate spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HISTORY; HUMAN; MOTONEURON; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURONS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 33846588788     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-006-0198-2     Document Type: Review

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