Intrinsic electrical properties of spinal motoneurons vary with joint angle

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 363-369

  Hyngstrom, Allison S ^a   Johnson, Michael D ^a   Miller, Jack F ^a   Heckman, C J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; LIMB MOVEMENT; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MONOAMINE RELEASE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONIN RELEASE; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL;

ANIMALS; ANKLE JOINT; CATS; DECEREBRATE STATE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MOTOR NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POSTURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROBOTICS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 33847188064     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1852     Document Type: Article

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