Single-neuron discharge properties and network activity in dissociated cultures of neocortex

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 977-996

  Giugliano, M ^a   Darbon, P ^a   Arsiero, M ^a,b   Luscher H R ^a   Streit, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MICROELECTRODE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NOISE REDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPIKE; SPIKE WAVE; STOCHASTIC MODEL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ARTIFACTS; CELL AGING; CELLS, CULTURED; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MICROELECTRODES; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEOCORTEX; NERVE NET; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME;

EID: 3142779158     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00067.2004     Document Type: Article

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