Short-term depression in thalamocortical synapses of cat primary visual cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 31, 2005, Pages 7179-7190

  Boudreau, C Elizabeth ^a,b   Ferster, David ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Neurobiology and Physiology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cat; In vivo; Intracellular recording; LGN; Synaptic depression; V1; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; SHORT TERM DEPRESSION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; CATS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GENICULATE BODIES; LONG-TERM DEPRESSION (PHYSIOLOGY); MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 23444441646     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1445-05.2005     Document Type: Article

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