Conditional dendritic spike propagation following distal synaptic activation of hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1667-1676

  Jarsky, Tim ^a   Roxin, Alex ^a,b   Kath, William L ^a   Spruston, Nelson ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; COMPUTER MODEL; DENDRITE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PERFORANT NERVE TRACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; DENDRITES; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG-TERM DEPRESSION (PHYSIOLOGY); LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MEMORY; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PERFORANT PATHWAY; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 28044434108     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1599     Document Type: Article

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