Spike timing amplifies the effect of electric fields on neurons: Implications for endogenous field effects

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3030-3036

  Radman, Thomas ^a   Su, Yuzhuo ^a   Je, Hi An ^a   Parra, Lucas C ^a   Bikson, Marom ^a  

^a City College of the City University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

Coherence; Electrical stimulation; Electromagnetic field; Frequency; Gamma; Hippocampus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS POTENTIAL; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPIKE WAVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33947303847     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0095-07.2007     Document Type: Article

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