Electrical properties of neurons in the intact rat major pelvic ganglion

Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical

Volumn 134, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 26-37

  Tan, H ^a   Mawe, G M ^a   Vizzard, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic ganglion; Firing pattern; Rebound spike; Subthreshold membrane potential oscillations; TTX

Indexed keywords

SODIUM ION;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC GANGLION; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GANGLIA, AUTONOMIC; GENITALIA, MALE; MALE; NEURONS; PELVIC FLOOR; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 34250024404     PISSN: 15660702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2007.01.013     Document Type: Article

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