Properties of action-potential initiation in neocortical pyramidal cells: Evidence from whole cell axon recordings

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 746-760

  Shu, Yousheng ^a,b   Duque, Alvaro ^a   Yu, Guo ^a   Haider, Bilal ^a   McCormick, David A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DENDRITE; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SOMATIC CELL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; WHOLE CELL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AXONS; DENDRITES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EPILEPSY; FERRETS; NEOCORTEX; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33846460071     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00922.2006     Document Type: Article

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