Laminar sources of synaptic input to cortical inhibitory interneurons and pyramidal neurons

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 701-707

  Dantzker, J L ^a   Callaway, E M ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERNEURON; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SPIKE WAVE; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; INTERNEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SYNAPSES; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0033918244     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/76656     Document Type: Article

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