Laminar origins of inhibitory synaptic inputs to pyramidal neurons of the rat neocortex

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 497, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 109-117

  Nicoll, Andrew ^a,b   Kim, Han G ^a   Connors, Barry W ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; PICROTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; ELECTRODE; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; NEOCORTEX; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0029957911     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1996.sp021753     Document Type: Article

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