Synaptic interactions between primate precentral cortex neurons revealed by spike-triggered averaging of intracellular membrane potentials in vivo

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 7757-7767

  Matsumura, Michikazu ^a   Chen, Dao Fen ^b   Sawaguchi, Toshiyuki ^a   Kubota, Kisou ^a   Fetz, Eberhard ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

precentral cortex; primate; spike triggered average; synaptic interactions; synaptic potentials; synchrony

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; LATENT PERIOD; MACACA; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0029862813     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-23-07757.1996     Document Type: Article

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