Spatiotemporal Evolution of Excitation and Inhibition in the Rat Barrel Cortex Investigated with Multielectrode Arrays

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1635-1647

  Wirth, Corina ^a   Lüscher, Hans R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VIBRISSA;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; 6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BICUCULLINE; BRAIN MAPPING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EVOLUTION; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; NERVE NET; NEURAL INHIBITION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1542720538     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00950.2003     Document Type: Article

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