Burst characteristics of dentate gyrus granule cells: Evidence for endogenous and nonsynaptic properties

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 124-132

  Pan, Enhui ^a   Stringer, Janet L ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; BURST FORMING UNIT; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; DENTATE GYRUS; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPERPOLARIZATION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030050795     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.75.1.124     Document Type: Article

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