Excitatory inputs to spiny cells in layers 4 and 6 of cat striate cortex

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 357, Issue 1428, 2002, Pages 1793-1808

  Bannister, N J ^a,b   Nelson, J C ^a   Jack, Julian J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cat; Conductance; EPSP; Spiny stellate; Variance; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

NEUROLOGY;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0037196094     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2002.1160     Document Type: Conference Paper

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