Feedforward inhibitory connections from multiple thalamic cells to multiple regular-spiking cells in layer 4 of the somatosensory cortex

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1746-1754

  Inoue, Tsuyoshi ^a   Imoto, Keiji ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; MOUSE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURAL INHIBITION; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS;

EID: 33749511110     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00301.2006     Document Type: Article

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