A Cooperative Switch Determines the Sign of Synaptic Plasticity in Distal Dendrites of Neocortical Pyramidal Neurons

Neuron

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 227-238

  Sjöström, Per Jesper ^a,b   Häusser, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CELLBIO; MOLNEURO; SYSNEURO

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DEPOLARIZATION; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SOMATIC CELL; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING;

ANIMALS; DENDRITES; LONG-TERM DEPRESSION (PHYSIOLOGY); LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; NEOCORTEX; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS;

EID: 33745902544     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2006.06.017     Document Type: Article

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