Synaptic Changes in Layer 2/3 Underlying Map Plasticity of Developing Barrel Cortex

Science

Volumn 304, Issue 5671, 2004, Pages 739-742

  Petersen, Cart C H ^a,b   Brecht, Michael ^a   Hahn, Thomas T G ^a   Sakmann, Bert ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; PLASTICITY; PROBABILITY;

ANATOMY; CORTEX; SENSORY MAPS; SYNAPTIC CONNECTIVITY;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

BIOLOGY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY SYSTEM; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NERVE NET; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VIBRISSAE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 2342437034     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1096750     Document Type: Article

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