Electrophysiological classes of cat primary visual cortical neurons in vivo as revealed by quantitative analyses

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1541-1566

  Nowak, Lionel G ^a   Azouz, Rony ^b   Sanchez Vives, Maria V ^c   Gray, Charles M ^b   McCormick, David A ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO DE NEUROCIENCIAS   (Spain)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPIKE WAVE; VISUAL CORTEX;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CATS; CELL SIZE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; PERIODICITY; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0037340220     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00580.2002     Document Type: Article

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