Properties of horizontal and vertical inputs to pyramidal cells in the superficial layers of the cat visual cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1931-1940

  Yoshimura, Yumiko ^a,b   Sato, Hiromichi ^c   Imamura, Kazuyuki ^a   Watanabe, Yasuyoshi ^a  

^a OSAKA BIOSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cat; Horizontal connection; Pyramidal cell; Synaptic interaction; Visual cortex; Whole cell recording

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CAT; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0034161414     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-05-01931.2000     Document Type: Article

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