Postexcitatory inhibition of the crayfish lateral giant neuron: A mechanism for sensory temporal filtering

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 22, 1997, Pages 8867-8879

  Vu, Eric T ^a,b   Berkowitz, Ari ^a,c   Krasne, Franklin B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crayfish; Dendritic integration; Distal inhibition; Escape; Feed forward inhibition; Lateral giant; Postexcitatory inhibition; Temporal filtering

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAYFISH; DENDRITE; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX;

EID: 0030830712     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-22-08867.1997     Document Type: Article

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