Signaling of layer 1 and whisker-evoked Ca2+ and Na+ action potentials in distal and terminal dendrites of rat neocortical pyramidal neurons in vitro and in vivo

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 6991-7005

  Larkum, Matthew E ^a   Zhu, J Julius ^a,b,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b Simons Center for Quantitative Biology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Development; Excitation; Inhibition; Rat; Somatosensory; Synaptic integration; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; SODIUM ION;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; DENDRITE; EVOKED RESPONSE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; REFRACTORY PERIOD; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; VIBRISSA;

EID: 0037104718     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-16-06991.2002     Document Type: Article

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