Equivalence of amplified current flowing from dendrite to soma measured by alteration of repetitive firing and by voltage clamp in layer 5 pyramidal neurons

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 3731-3739

  Schwindt, Peter ^a   Crill, Wayne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CAT; DENDRITE; DEPOLARIZATION; IONTOPHORESIS; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0030447564     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.76.6.3731     Document Type: Article

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