Intracellular and computational characterization of the intracortical inhibitory control of synchronized thalamic inputs in vivo

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 335-350

  Contreras, Diego ^a   Destexhe, Alain ^a   Steriade, Mircea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS;

EID: 0030742074     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.78.1.335     Document Type: Article

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