Summation of excitatory and inhibitory synaptic inputs by motoneurons with highly active dendrites

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1643-1652

  Hyngstrom, Allison S ^a   Johnson, Michael D ^a   Heckman, C J ^a,b,c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECEREBRATION; DENDRITE; DEPOLARIZATION; EXCITATION; IN VIVO STUDY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; SYNAPSE; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ANIMALS; BIOGENIC MONOAMINES; CATS; DECEREBRATE STATE; DENDRITES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INTERNEURONS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; SYNAPSES;

EID: 40949096737     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01253.2007     Document Type: Article

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