Regulation of Persistent Activity by Background Inhibition in an In Vitro Model of a Cortical Microcircuit

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1232-1241

  Fellous, Jean Marc ^a   Sejnowski, Terrence J ^a,b  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIMULATION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ALPHA-AMINO-3-HYDROXY-5-METHYL-4-ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; ANIMALS; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NERVE NET; NEURAL INHIBITION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0142250863     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhg098     Document Type: Article

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