The control of rate and timing of spikes in the deep cerebellar nuclei by inhibition

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 3006-3016

  Gauck, Volker ^a   Jaeger, Dieter ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Coding; Dynamic clamp; In vitro; Inhibition; Purkinje cell; Synaptic; Synchronization; Whole cell

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CEREBELLUM NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; RAT; SPIKE; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0034655078     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-08-03006.2000     Document Type: Article

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