Excitatory cortical neurons form fine-scale functional networks

Nature

Volumn 433, Issue 7028, 2005, Pages 868-873

  Yoshimura, Yumiko ^a,b,c   Dantzker, Jami L M ^a,b   Callaway, Edward M ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CORRELATION METHODS;

EXCITATORY CORTICAL NEURONS; PHOTOSIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

NEUROLOGY;

MEDICINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PIA MATER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; VISUAL CORTEX; VOLTAGE CLAMP; WHITE MATTER; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; LONG EVANS RAT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SENSORY NERVE; STIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PROBABILITY; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 14544308338     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03252     Document Type: Article

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