Stimulus selectivity is enhanced by voltage-dependent conductances in combination-sensitive neurons

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 3362-3377

  Carlson, Bruce A ^a   Kawasaki, Masashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY SYSTEM; SPIKE WAVE;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MESENCEPHALON; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURONS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; SYNAPSES;

EID: 33751525120     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00839.2006     Document Type: Article

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