Stimulus-dependent modulation of spike burst length in cat striate cortical cells

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 199-213

  Debusk, B C ^b   Debruyn, E J ^a   Snider, R K ^a   Kabara, J F ^a   Bonds, A B ^a,c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DeRoyal Industries   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRIATE CORTEX;

EID: 0030755701     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.78.1.199     Document Type: Article

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