Axons, but not cell bodies, are activated by electrical stimulation in cortical gray matter. II. Evidence from selective inactivation of cell bodies and axon initial segments

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 489-500

  Nowak, Lionel G ^a,b   Bullier, Jean ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain slice; Intracortical microstimulation; NMDA; Rat; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GRAY MATTER; IONTOPHORESIS; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; AXONS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; MICROELECTRODES; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, WISTAR; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0031984469     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050305     Document Type: Article

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