Assessment of the reliability of amplitude histograms from excitatory synapses in rat hippocampal CA1 in vitro

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 505, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 443-456

  Larkman, A U ^a   Jack, J J B ^a   Stratford, K J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOGRAM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; RELIABILITY; SIMULATION; SYNAPSE; ADULT; ARTIFACT; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; IN VITRO STUDY; MONTE CARLO METHOD;

ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; QUANTUM THEORY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0031465025     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1997.443bb.x     Document Type: Article

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