Thalamocortical bursts trigger recurrent activity in neocortical networks: Layer 4 as a frequency-dependent gate

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 9885-9894

  Beierlein, Michae L ^a   Fall, Christopher P ^a,b   Rinzel, John ^b   Yuste, Rafael ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrel cortex; Feedforward inhibition; Fura 2; NMDA; Persistent activity; Temporal summation

Indexed keywords

FURA 2; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNEURON; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; TEMPORAL SUMMATION; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

EID: 0037111843     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-22-09885.2002     Document Type: Article

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