Inhibition synchronizes sparsely connected cortical neurons within and between columns in realistic network models

Journal of Computational Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 91-110

  Bush, Paul ^a,c   Sejnowski, Terrence ^b  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer modeling; Cortical microcircuitry; Synchronized oscillations

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; SYNCHRONIZATION;

COMPARTMENTAL MODELLING; COMPUTER MODELS; CORTICAL MICROCIRCUITRY; CORTICAL NEURONS; DELAY TIME; DIFFERENT FREQUENCY; NETWORK MODELS; PYRAMIDAL CELL; SYNAPTIC DELAYS; SYNCHRONIZED OSCILLATIONS;

NEURONS;

ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN CORTEX; COMPARTMENT MODEL; COMPUTER MODEL; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CONDUCTION; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL;

EID: 0030056795     PISSN: 09295313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00160806     Document Type: Article

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