Positive feedback from hilar mossy cells to granule cells in the dentate gyrus revealed by voltage-sensitive dye and microelectrode recording

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 601-616

  Jackson, Meyer B ^a   Scharfman, Helen E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 6,7 DINITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EPILEPTOGENESIS; EXCITATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0029942342     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.76.1.601     Document Type: Article

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