Sensitivity of neurons to weak electric fields

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 7255-7261

  Francis, Joseph T ^a,b,c   Gluckman, Bruce J ^a   Schiff, Steven J ^a,b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electric field; Ephaptic; Hippocampus; Neuron; Synchrony; Threshold

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; ELECTRIC FIELD; HIPPOCAMPUS; MACROMOLECULE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STOCHASTIC MODEL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRICITY; NERVE NET; NEURONS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0042237926     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-19-07255.2003     Document Type: Article

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