Reliable synaptic connections between pairs of excitatory layer 4 neurones within a single 'barrel' of developing rat somatosensory cortex

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 521, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 169-190

  Feldmeyer, Dirk ^a   Egger, Veronica ^a   Lübke, Joachim ^a,b   Sakmann, Bert ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b Anatomisches Inst Albert L   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; MAGNESIUM ION; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; LATENT PERIOD; NERVE CELL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STELLATE CELL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TEMPERATURE; THALAMUS; TIME; ACTION POTENTIAL AMPLITUDE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN CORTEX SLICE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL COUNT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRESYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0033571151     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1999.00169.x     Document Type: Article

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