Dynamics of excitation and inhibition underlying stimulus selectivity in rat somatosensory cortex

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1364-1370

  Wilent, W Bryan ^a   Contreras, Diego ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE ETHOBROMIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATION AND STIMULATION; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; LIDOCAINE; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPSES; TIME FACTORS; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 26944459807     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1545     Document Type: Article

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