Monosynaptic excitatory inputs to spinal lamina I anterolateral-tract-projecting neurons from neighbouring lamina I neurons

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 588, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 4489-4505

  Luz, Liliana L ^a,b   Szucs, Peter ^a   Pinho, Raquel ^a   Safronov, Boris V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b University of Porto   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; BIOCYTIN; CALCIUM ION;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENDRITE; LAMINA 1 NEURON; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR HORN CELLS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REFLEX, MONOSYNAPTIC; SPINAL CORD; SUBSTANTIA GELATINOSA; SYNAPSES;

EID: 78449251557     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2010.197012     Document Type: Article

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