Synaptic dynamics control the timing of neuronal excitation in the activated neocortical microcircuit

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 556, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-27

  Silberberg, Gilad ^a,b   Wu, Caizhi ^b   Markram, Henry ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; MAGNESIUM ION; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FACILITATION; INTERNEURON; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SENSORY STIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CELL ACTIVITY; CHOREOGRAPHY; CONNECTOME; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEOCORTICAL TISSUE;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEOCORTEX; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYNAPSES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1942517949     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2004.060962     Document Type: Article

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