Zebrafish motor neuron subtypes differ electrically prior to axonal outgrowth

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 2477-2484

  Moreno, Rosa L ^a   Ribera, Angeles B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; GASTRULATION; MEMBRANE ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SOMATIC CELL; SPIKE WAVE; SPINAL CORD; ZEBRA FISH;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; AXONS; CELL MEMBRANE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MOTOR NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; SODIUM CHANNELS; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 70350330604     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00446.2009     Document Type: Article

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