Temporal dispersion windows in cortical neurons

Journal of Computational Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 71-87

  Colombe, Jeffrey B ^a   Ulinski, Philip S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendrite; Integration; Microcircuit; Timing; Turtle

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; TIMING CIRCUITS;

ACTION-POTENTIALS; CONDUCTION VELOCITY; CORTICAL NEURONS; DENDRITE; DENDRITIC ARBORS; MICROCIRCUIT; POSTSYNAPTIC NEURON; TEMPORAL DISPERSION; TIMING; TURTLE;

NEURONS;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FOREBRAIN; GOLGI STAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; TIME; TURTLE; VELOCITY; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0032821781     PISSN: 09295313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008971628011     Document Type: Article

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