Summation of afterhyperpolarization after a doublet in fast motoneurones of the rat spinal cord

Archives Italiennes de Biologie

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 63-73

  Mrowczynski W ^a   Krutki, P ^a   Chakarov, V ^b   Celichowski, J ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION   (Poland)

^b CENTRE OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TEMPORAL SUMMATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME FACTORS;

RATTUS;

EID: 47349097338     PISSN: 00039829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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