In vivo, in vitro, and computational analysis of dendritic calcium currents in thalamic reticular neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 169-185

  Destexhe, Alain ^a,b   Contreras, Diego ^b   Steriade, Mircea ^b   Sejnowski, Terrence J ^a,c   Huguenard, John R ^d  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

bursting; intrinsic electrophysiological properties; low threshold calcium current; multicompartment models; sleep; synchronized oscillations; voltage clamp

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0030068416     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-01-00169.1996     Document Type: Article

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