Encoding and decoding of dendritic excitation during active states in pyramidal neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 25, 2005, Pages 5894-5902

  Williams, Stephen R ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action potential; Dendrite; EPSP; HCN channel; Neocortex; Sodium channel

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DENDRITIC CELL; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; RELIABILITY; SYNAPSE; WHOLE CELL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ALPHA-AMINO-3-HYDROXY-5-METHYL-4-ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; ANIMALS; DENDRITES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEOCORTEX; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 21344453273     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0502-05.2005     Document Type: Article

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