An in vitro spinal cord slice preparation for recording from lumbar motoneurons of the adult mouse

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 728-741

  Mitra, Pratip ^a   Brownstone, Robert M ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Action potential; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Ethyl pyruvate; Green fluorescent protein; Whole cell patch clamp

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MACROGOL; PYRUVIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PYRUVIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL LABELING; EXCITOTOXICITY; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; ION TRANSPORT; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE PREPARATION; TISSUE SLICE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICS; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOTOR NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84855391795     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00558.2011     Document Type: Article

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