Direct measurement of somatic voltage clamp errors in central neurons

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 790-798

  Williams, Stephen R ^a   Mitchell, Simon J ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SLOPE CONDUCTANCE; SOMATIC CELL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DENDRITES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEOCORTEX; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PYRIMIDINES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RESEARCH DESIGN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 46049088894     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.2137     Document Type: Article

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