Mechanism of spike frequency adaptation in substantia gelatinosa neurones of rat

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 559, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 383-395

  Melnick, Igor V ^a   Santos, Sónia F A ^a,b   Safronov, Boris V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b University of Porto   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CALCIUM ION; COBALT; MAGNESIUM ION; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM; DELAYED RECTIFIER POTASSIUM CHANNEL; MAGNESIUM; TETRODOTOXIN; TETRYLAMMONIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL SPECIFICITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SODIUM CONDUCTANCE; SPIKE WAVE; SPINAL CORD; SUBSTANTIA GELATINOSA; ADAPTING FIRING; DEPOLARIZATION; DOWN REGULATION; FIRING RATE; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; SODIUM CURRENT; SPIKE FREQUENCY ADAPTATION; SPINAL CORD SLICE; TONIC FIRING;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; COBALT; NEURONS; RATS; SUBSTANTIA GELATINOSA;

EID: 4644240666     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2004.066415     Document Type: Article

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