Unmyelinated visceral afferents exhibit frequency dependent action potential broadening while myelinated visceral afferents do not

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 421, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 62-66

  Li, Bai Yan ^a,b   Feng, Bin ^a   Tsu, Hwa Y ^a   Schild, John H ^a  

^a Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis   (United States)

^b HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Action potential; Fiber conduction velocity; Integration; Spike broadening

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION;

ARTICLE; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY STIMULATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS; VAGUS NERVE; VISCERAL AFFERENTS;

EID: 34250177946     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2007.05.036     Document Type: Article

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