Selective amplification of neocortical neuronal output by fast prepotentials in vivo

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1110-1121

  Crochet, S ^a   Fuentealba, P ^a   Timofeev, I ^a   Steriade, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dendritic spikes; EPSP amplification; Neocortex; Synaptic integration

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION;

ALERTNESS; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CAT; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; HYPERPOLARIZATION; IN VIVO STUDY; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SPIKE; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; WAKEFULNESS;

ANIMALS; CATS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEOCORTEX; NEURONS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 4544264461     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhh071     Document Type: Article

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