Multi-unit spike-triggered averaging: A method for probing the physiology of central synapses

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 121-129

  Hempel, Chris M ^a   Sugino, Ken ^a   Nelson, Sacha B ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conductance; Latency; Spike triggered averaging; Unitary synaptic connections

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; AVERAGING; BRAIN DEPTH RECORDING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; KINETICS; LATENT PERIOD; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPIKE; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GLUTAMIC ACID; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, PRESYNAPTIC; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0037201973     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(02)00190-5     Document Type: Article

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