Persistent Cortical Activity: Mechanisms of Generation and Effects on Neuronal Excitability

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1219-1231

  McCormick, David A ^a   Shu, Yousheng ^a   Hasenstaub, Andrea ^a   Sanchez Vives, Mavi ^b   Badoual, Mathilde ^c   Bal, Thierry ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERRET; INTERNEURON; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL CORTEX; WORKING MEMORY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERRETS; MALE; NEURONS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PYRAMIDAL CELLS;

EID: 0142219857     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhg104     Document Type: Article

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