On the dynamics of the spontaneous activity in neuronal networks

PLoS ONE

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Mazzoni, Alberto ^a   Broccard, Frédéric D ^a   Garcia Perez, Elizabeth ^a,b   Bonifazi, Paolo ^a,c   Ruaro, Maria Elisabetta ^a   Torre, Vincent ^a  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^c Turing Center for Living Systems CENTURI Aix Marseille University   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DYNAMICS; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEECH; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; RAT; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; WISTAR RAT;

HIRUDINIDA; RATTUS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE NET; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 37549042340     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000439     Document Type: Article

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