Synchronous membrane potential fluctuations in neurons of the cat visual cortex

Neuron

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 361-374

  Lampl, Ilan ^a   Reichova, Iva ^a   Ferster, David ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; CAT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0033082403     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(00)81096-X     Document Type: Article

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