Asymmetry in signal propagation between the soma and dendrites plays a key role in determining dendritic excitability in motoneurons

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Kim, Hojeong ^a,c   Jones, Kelvin E ^b   Heckman, C J ^c  

^a Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL STRUCTURE; DENDRITE; DENDRITIC EXCITABILITY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; REPOLARIZATION; SOMATIC CELL; SPIKE WAVE; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; STEADY STATE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VOLTAGE ATTENUATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHANNEL GATING; METABOLISM; MOTONEURON; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ION CHANNEL;

DENDRITES; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84905454783     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0095454     Document Type: Article

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