Dynamic properties of excitatory synaptic connections involving layer 4 pyramidal cells in adult rat and cat neocortex

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2190-2203

  Bannister, A Peter ^a   Thomson, Alex M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EPSP (excitatory postsynaptic potential); Layer 4; Neocortex; Oscillations; Pyramidal cell; Synapse; Synaptic dynamics

Indexed keywords

BIOCYTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; CATS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DENDRITES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYNAPSES;

EID: 34548023922     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhl126     Document Type: Article

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