Properties of basal dendrites of layer 5 pyramidal neurons: A direct patch-clamp recording study

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 206-214

  Nevian, Thomas ^a,b   Larkum, Matthew E ^a   Polsky, Alon ^c   Schiller, Jackie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; SODIUM;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; DENDRITE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DENDRITES; DENDRITIC SPINES; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SODIUM; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33846628659     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1826     Document Type: Article

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