Are all spinal segments equal: Intrinsic membrane properties of superficial dorsal horn neurons in the developing and mature mouse spinal cord

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 590, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2409-2425

  Tadros, M A ^a   Harris, B M ^a   Anderson, W B ^a   Brichta, A M ^a   Graham, B A ^a   Callister, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LUMBAR SPINE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; THORACIC SPINE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; RABBITS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84860999345     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2012.227389     Document Type: Article

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