Dendritic excitability microzones and occluded long-term depression after classical conditioning of the rabbit's nictitating membrane response

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 86-92

  Schreurs, Bernard G ^a   Tomsic, Daniel ^a   Gusev, Pavel A ^a   Alkon, Daniel L ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONDITIONING; DENDRITIC CELL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; LEARNING; MALE; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NICTITATING MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; RABBIT; SPREADING CORTICAL DEPRESSION;

EID: 0031018567     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.77.1.86     Document Type: Article

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