Properties of convergent thalamocortical and intracortical synaptic potentials in single neurons of neocortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 20, 1996, Pages 6567-6578

  Gil, Ziv ^a   Amitai, Yael ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

barrel cortex; EPSPs; feedforward inhibition; intracortical synapses; local cortical circuit; slices; thalamocortical synapses

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT;

EID: 0029814485     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-20-06567.1996     Document Type: Article

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