Dendritic low-threshold calcium currents in thalamic relay cells

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 3574-3588

  Destexhe, Alain ^b   Neubig, Mike ^b   Ulrich, Daniel ^a   Huguenard, John ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bursting oscillations; Computational models; Dendritic calcium currents; Low threshold spikes; Voltage clamp

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; COMPARTMENT MODEL; DENDRITE; INTERNEURON; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIMULATION; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT;

EID: 0032525259     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-10-03574.1998     Document Type: Article

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