Electrophysiological and morphological properties of pyramidal and nonpyramidal neurons in the cat motor cortex in vitro

Neuroscience

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 39-55

  Chen, W ^a,b   Zhang, J J ^a   Hu, G Y ^c   Wu, C P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

Author keywords

doublet or burst firing; fast spiking; narrow spiking; nonpyramidal neuron; regular spiking; spine

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CAT; DENDRITIC SPINE; DEPOLARIZATION; FEMALE; INTERNEURON; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEOCORTEX; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SOMATIC CELL; SPIKE; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0029951781     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(96)00009-7     Document Type: Article

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