Synaptic mechanisms of synchronized gamma oscillations in inhibitory interneuron networks

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-56

  Bartos, Marlene ^a   Vida, Imre ^a   Jonas, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; COGNITION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INTERNEURON; MEMORY; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE EXCITABILITY; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; HUMANS; INTERNEURONS; NERVE NET; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); PERIODICITY; SYNAPSES;

EID: 33845794324     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: 14710048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrn2044     Document Type: Review

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