Spontaneous subthreshold membrane potential fluctuations and action potential variability of rat corticostriatal and striatal neurons in vivo

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1697-1715

  Stern, Edward A ^a   Kincaid, Anthony E ^a,b   Wilson, Charles J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MALE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRIATE CORTEX;

EID: 0030907923     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.77.4.1697     Document Type: Article

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