Comparison of discharge variability in vitro and in vivo in cat visual cortex neurons

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1806-1814

  Holt, Gary R ^a   Softky, William R ^b   Koch, Christof ^b   Douglas, Rodney J ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CAT; ELECTRODE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE; SYNAPSE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0029894898     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.75.5.1806     Document Type: Article

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