Plateau potentials in cat neocortical association cells in vivo: Synaptic control of dendritic excitability

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2588-2595

  Contreras, D ^a   Durmuller N ^a   Steriade, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Areas 5 7; Cat; K+ currents; Oscillations

Indexed keywords

BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CESIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION CORTEX; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DENDRITIC CELL; DEPOLARIZATION; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REPOLARIZATION; SLEEP SPINDLE; SYNAPSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CATS; CESIUM; DENDRITES; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; NEOCORTEX; NEURAL INHIBITION; POTASSIUM; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; SLEEP; SYNAPSES; THALAMUS;

EID: 0031411459     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1997.tb01688.x     Document Type: Article

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