Intense synaptic activity enhances temporal resolution in spinal motoneurons

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Berg, Rune W ^a   Ditlevsen, Susanne ^a   Hounsgaard, Jørn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; SPIKE WAVE; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TURTLE; ANIMAL; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SYNAPSE; TIME;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURONS; SPINAL CORD; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; TIME FACTORS; TURTLES;

EID: 52449108615     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003218     Document Type: Article

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