Postsynaptic Calcium Influx at Single Synaptic Contacts between Pyramidal Neurons and Bitufted Interneurons in Layer 2/3 of Rat Neocortex Is Enhanced by Backpropagating Action Potentials

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1319-1329

  Kaiser, Katharina M M ^a   Lübke, Joachim ^b,d   Zilberter, Yuri ^a,c   Sakmann, Bert ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcium diffusion; Calcium transient; Interneuron; Neocortex; Synaptic contact; Unitary synaptic stimulation

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; SOMATOSTATIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SLICE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERNEURON; NEOCORTEX; NEOCORTEX LAYER 2; NEOCORTEX LAYER 3; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RETROGRADE NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; DENDRITES; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FLUORESCENT DYES; INTERNEURONS; ION CHANNELS; NEOCORTEX; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYNAPSES;

EID: 1242336762     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2852-03.2004     Document Type: Article

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