Synaptic Basis of Persistent Activity in Prefrontal Cortex In Vivo and in Organotypic Cultures

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1242-1250

  Seamans, Jeremy K ^a   Nogueira, Lourdes ^a   Lavin, Antonieta ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE FUNCTION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; MALE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0142157647     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhg094     Document Type: Article

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