Motoneuron intrinsic properties, but not their receptive fields, recover in chronic spinal injury

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 48, 2013, Pages 18806-18813

  Johnson, Michael D ^a   Kajtaz, Elma ^a   Cain, Charlette M ^a   Heckman, C J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; LAMINECTOMY; MEASUREMENT; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; SPINE INJURY; ANIMAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; INNERVATION; MALE; PATCH CLAMP TECHNIQUE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ANIMALS; CATS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84888247754     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2609-13.2013     Document Type: Article

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