Whole cell recordings from visualized neurons in the inner laminae of the functionally intact spinal cord

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 590-597

  Dyck, Jason ^a   Gosgnach, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LUCIFER YELLOW;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRONEUROGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; LOCOMOTION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WHOLE CELL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PROTEINS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 67649576394     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00212.2009     Document Type: Article

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