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The Intrinsic Regulatory Pathways

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Electrical activity in neurons is ubiquitous and is essential to maintain vital functions of the body. It is manifested by a variety of patterns of discharges (action potentials, spikes) and the specificity of transduction mechanisms that enable the system to integrate and to coordinate the overall behaviors in space and time

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Miftahof, R.N., Nam, H.G. (2013). The Intrinsic Regulatory Pathways. In: Biomechanics of the Human Urinary Bladder. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36146-3_7

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