Development of intrinsic properties and excitability of layer 2/3 pyramidal neurons during a critical period for sensory maps in rat barrel cortex

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 144-156

  Maravall, Miguel ^a,b   Stern, Edward A ^a,c   Svoboda, Karel ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE NEUROCIENCIAS   (Spain)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADAPTATION; AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITABILITY; LEARNING; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPIKE; VIBRISSA;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; NEOCORTEX; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 2942540224     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00598.2003     Document Type: Article

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