Noradrenergic suppression of synaptic transmission may influence cortical signal-to-noise ratio

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 3326-3339

  Hasselmo, Michael E ^a   Linster, Christiane ^a   Patil, Madhvi ^a   Ma, Daveena ^a   Cekic, Milos ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CARBACHOL; NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; COMPUTER MODEL; DOSE RESPONSE; LOCUS CERULEUS; MEMORY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; PYRIFORM CORTEX; RAT; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030759278     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.77.6.3326     Document Type: Article

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