Synaptic integration in rat frontal cortex shaped by network activity

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 281-293

  Léger, Jean François ^b   Stern, Edward A ^c   Aertsen, Ad ^a   Heck, Detlef ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FRONTAL CORTEX; IN VIVO STUDY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPIKE WAVE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; IMPEDANCE; LONG EVANS RAT; METHODOLOGY; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CONDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SYNAPSE; TIME;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEOCORTEX; NERVE NET; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 16644391593     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00067.2003     Document Type: Article

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