Synaptic inputs to trigeminal primary afferent neurons cause firing and modulate intrinsic oscillatory activity

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 2444-2455

  Verdier, Dorly ^a   Lund, James F ^a,b   Kolta, Arlette ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BITE; BRAIN STEM; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MASTICATION; MESENCEPHALON; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SPIKE; SYNAPSE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BIOTIN; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; INTERNEURONS; KINETICS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NEURONS, AFFERENT; QUINOXALINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SYNAPSES; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 4644339494     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00279.2004     Document Type: Article

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