Glutamate modulates the firing rate in oculomotor nucleus motoneurons as a function of the recruitment threshold current

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 590, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 3113-3127

  Torres Torrelo, Julio ^a   Rodríguez Rosell, David ^a   Nunez Abades, Pedro ^a   Carrascal, Livia ^a   Torres, Blas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; EYE POSITION; FEMALE; MALE; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; NONHUMAN; OCULOMOTOR NUCLEUS; OCULOMOTOR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPSE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MESENCEPHALON; MOTOR NEURONS; OCULOMOTOR NERVE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84862993047     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2011.226985     Document Type: Article

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