Characterizing synaptic conductance fluctuations in cortical neurons and their influence on spike generation

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 302-322

  Piwkowska, Zuzanna ^a   Pospischil, Martin ^a   Brette, Romain ^b   Sliwa, Julia ^a   Rudolph Lilith, Michelle ^a   Bal, Thierry ^a   Destexhe, Alain ^a  

^a Unite de Neurosciences Integratives et Computationnelles   (France)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; Computational models; Conductance analysis; Dynamic clamp; Inhibition; Intracellular recordings; Spike triggered average

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY; SPIKE WAVE; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FERRETS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICROELECTRODES; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURONS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 41049109839     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2007.11.010     Document Type: Article

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