Cellular mechanisms of the augmenting response: Short-term plasticity in a thalamocortical pathway

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 7742-7756

  Castro Alamancos, Manuel A ^a   Connors, Barry W ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

dendrite; layer V pyramidal cell; neocortex; short term plasticity; synchronization; thalamus; voltage dependent conductances

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DENDRITE; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SOMATIC CELL; SPIKE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

EID: 0029965549     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-23-07742.1996     Document Type: Article

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