Diversity of gain modulation by noise in neocortical neurons: Regulation by the slow afterhyperpolarization conductance

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 34, 2006, Pages 8787-8799

  Higgs, Matthew H ^a   Slee, Sean J ^a   Spain, William J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c Department of Neurology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Coincidence detection; Gain; Interneuron; Noise; Pyramidal neuron; sAHP

Indexed keywords

ALPHA METHYLSEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 2 RECEPTOR; SODIUM CHANNEL; TETRODOTOXIN;

AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; INTERNEURON; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SPIKE WAVE; STEADY STATE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; INTERNEURONS; NEOCORTEX; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; SEROTONIN AGONISTS; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33748363922     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1792-06.2006     Document Type: Article

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