Presynaptic frequency filtering in the gamma frequency band; dual intracellular recordings in slices of adult rat and cat neocortex

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 136-143

  Thomson, Alex M ^a,b   West, David C ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MEASUREMENT; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AXONS; CATS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; INTERNEURONS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEOCORTEX; PARVALBUMINS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037296322     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/13.2.136     Document Type: Article

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