Biophysical and histological determinants underlying natural firing behaviors of splanchnic sympathetic preganglionic neurons in neonatal rats

Neuroscience

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 926-937

  Su, C K ^a   Cheng, Y W ^a   Lin, S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

autonomic nervous system; passive membrane property; rhythm; somatal types; spinal cord

Indexed keywords

BIOCYTIN; LUCIFER YELLOW;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BIOPHYSICS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENDRITE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXTRACELLULAR RECORDING; HISTOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE CURRENT; NATURAL FIRING BEHAVIOR; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE CORD; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; RHYTHM; SPLANCHNIC NERVE; SYMPATHETIC GANGLION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL; SYMPATHETIC NERVE DISCHARGE; SYMPATHETIC PREGANGLIONIC NERVE CELL; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOPHYSICS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GANGLIA, SYMPATHETIC; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PROBABILITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPLANCHNIC NERVES;

EID: 36849078864     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2007.10.011     Document Type: Article

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