Cortex is driven by weak but synchronously active thalamocortical synapses

Science

Volumn 312, Issue 5780, 2006, Pages 1622-1627

  Bruno, Randy M ^a   Sakmann, Bert ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; NATURAL SCIENCES; NEUROLOGY; SENSORY PERCEPTION;

INTRACORTICAL AMPLIFICATION; SENSORY STIMULI; THALAMOCORTICAL PROJECTION; THALAMOCORTICAL SYNAPSES;

BRAIN;

BRAIN; NEUROLOGY; RODENT; SENSORY SYSTEM;

ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPSE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AXONS; DENDRITES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 33745176194     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1124593     Document Type: Article

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