Dynamical basis of irregular spiking in NMDA-driven prefrontal cortex neurons

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 894-908

  Durstewitz, Daniel ^a   Gabriel, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biophysical model; Bursting; Chaos; Computation; Neural coding; Slice electrophysiology

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHAOS THEORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EVOKED RESPONSE; IN VITRO STUDY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPIKE WAVE; WORKING MEMORY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEURONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33947276377     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhk044     Document Type: Article

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