Intrinsic firing patterns and whisker-evoked synaptic responses of neurons in the rat barrel cortex

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1171-1183

  Zhu, J Julius ^a,b   Connors, Barry W ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; DENDRITE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPIKE; VIBRISSA;

EID: 0033010150     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.81.3.1171     Document Type: Article

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