Neocortical network activity in vivo is generated through a dynamic balance of excitation and inhibition

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 4535-4545

  Haider, Bilal ^a   Duque, Alvaro ^a   Hasenstaub, Andrea R ^a   McCormick, David A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conductance; Intracellular; LFP; Prefrontal cortex; Spontaneous activity; Up states

Indexed keywords

KETAMINE; XYLAZINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FERRET; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CELL CULTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CELLS, CULTURED; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FERRETS; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEOCORTEX; NERVE NET; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33646833761     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5297-05.2006     Document Type: Article

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