Firing rhythmicity in the neocortex in vivo and in vitro under sustained iontophoretic excitation

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 63-74

  Karnup, S V ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BIOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autocorrelation analysis; Background and spontaneous firing; Cat; Guinea pig; Spike train

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030020754     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00189591     Document Type: Article

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