The mechanisms of generation and propagation of synchronized bursting in developing networks of cortical neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 1995, Pages 6834-6845

  Maeda, Eisaku ^a   Robinson, Hugh P C ^b   Kawana, Akio ^a  

^a Kashino Diverse Brain Research Laboratory of NTT Communication Science Laboratories   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cortical neuron; cultured network; multisite recording; multisite stimulation; periodic burst; planar electrode array; refractoriness; synaptic transmitter; synchronization

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXCITATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REFRACTORY PERIOD; SPIKE WAVE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0028828515     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.15-10-06834.1995     Document Type: Article

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