Impact of spontaneous synaptic activity on the resting properties of cat neocortical pyramidal neurons in vivo

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1450-1460

  Paré, Denis ^a   Shink, Eric ^a   Gaudreau, Hélène ^a   Destexhe, Alain ^a   Lang, Eric J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031941210     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.79.3.1450     Document Type: Article

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