Passive spatial and temporal integration of excitatory synaptic inputs in cerebellar Purkinje cells of young rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 341, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 79-83

  Heck, Detlef ^a   Borst, Alexander ^b   Antkowiak, Bernd ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dendritic integration; Excitation; Parallel fiber; Rat; Synchrony; Timing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; RAT; SYNAPSE; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0037464385     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(03)00132-0     Document Type: Article

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