Physiological properties of inhibitory interneurons in cat striate cortex

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 534-545

  Azouz, Rony ^a,b   Gray, Charles M ^a,b   Nowak, Lionel G ^c   McCormick, David A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCYTIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; AFTERDISCHARGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; INTERNEURON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; STRIATE CORTEX; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AXONS; CATS; DENDRITES; INTERNEURONS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTORECEPTORS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0030758760     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/7.6.534     Document Type: Article

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