Non-gaussian membrane potential dynamics imply sparse, synchronous activity in auditory cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 47, 2006, Pages 12206-12218

  DeWeese, Michael R ^a   Zador, Anthony M ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory; Cortex; Neural coding; Random walk; Rat; Synchrony; Whole cell recording

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED RESPONSE; IN VIVO STUDY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AUDITORY CORTEX; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; LIDOCAINE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TETRODOTOXIN; TIME FACTORS; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 33751309853     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2813-06.2006     Document Type: Article

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