Abrupt maturation of a spike-synchronizing mechanism in neocortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 32, 2005, Pages 7309-7316

  Long, Michael A ^a,b   Cruikshank, Scott J ^a   Jutras, Michael J ^a,c   Connors, Barry W ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Electrical coupling; Gap junction; Inhibition; Interneuron; Synchrony

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL MATURATION; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; GAP JUNCTION; INTERNEURON; NEOCORTEX; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SPIKE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; INTERNEURONS; NEOCORTEX; NERVE NET; NEURAL INHIBITION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; SYNAPSES;

EID: 23744505382     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0375-05.2005     Document Type: Article

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