Efficacy of thalamocortical and intracortical synaptic connections: Quanta, innervation, and reliability

Neuron

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 385-397

  Ziv, Gil ^a   Connors, Barry W ^b   Amitai, Yael ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INNERVATION; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPSE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT;

EID: 0033151713     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(00)80788-6     Document Type: Article

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