Synaptic shunting by a baseline of synaptic conductances modulates responses to inhibitory input volleys in cerebellar Purkinje cells

Cerebellum

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 112-125

  Kreiner, Lisa ^a   Jaeger, Dieter ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Dynamic clamp; Inhibition; Shunting; Spike timing; Synaptic coding

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CEREBELLUM NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; INTERNEURON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; RAT; SPIKE WAVE; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CEREBELLUM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; INTERNEURONS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PURKINJE CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2942707604     PISSN: 14734222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14734220410031990     Document Type: Article

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