In vitro and in vivo measures of evoked excitatory and inhibitory conductance dynamics in sensory cortices

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 323-365

  Monier, C ^a   Fournier, J ^a   Fregnac Y ^a  

^a Unite de Neurosciences Integratives et Computationnelles   (France)

Author keywords

Cat visual cortex; Conductance measurement; Excitation; In vivo patch clamp; Inhibition; Voltage clamp

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY CORTEX; VISUAL CORTEX; WHOLE CELL;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; CATS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; KINETICS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 41049116498     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2007.11.008     Document Type: Article

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