Sequential stimulation of rat and guinea pig cerebellar granular cells in vitro leads to increasing population activity in parallel fibers

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 263, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 137-140

  Heck, Detlef ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Dynamic input; Movement detection; Parallel fiber; Spatio temporal activity; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIDROMIC STIMULATION; ARTICLE; CELL STIMULATION; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; GRANULE CELL; GUINEA PIG; MOSSY FIBER; MOTOR CONTROL; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; SPIKE WAVE;

EID: 0033605606     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00138-X     Document Type: Article

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