Whisker maps of neuronal subclasses of the rat ventral posterior medial thalamus, identified by whole-cell voltage recording and morphological reconstruction

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 538, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 495-515

  Brecht, Michael ^a   Sakmann, Bert ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

URETHAN DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTIVE FIELD; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THALAMUS POSTERIOR NUCLEUS; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; VIBRISSA; ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CALCIUM DEPENDENT REGENERATIVE POTENTIA; DENDRITIC CELL; DEPOLARIZATION; DISPERSION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRICAL POTENTIAL PARAMETERS; EVOKED RESPONSE; IN VIVO STUDY; LATENT PERIOD; MULTI WHISKER EXCITATION CELL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; SINGLE WHISKER EXCITATION CELL; THALAMUS; VENTRAL POSTERIOR MEDIAL THALAMUS; WHOLE CELL PATCH CLAMP;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; DENDRITES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME; THALAMUS; URETHANE; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 0037082223     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2001.012334     Document Type: Article

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