Functional connectivity in layer IV local excitatory circuits of rat somatosensory cortex

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 2137-2150

  Cowan, Anna I ^a,b   Stricker, Christian ^a,b,c  

^a Institute of Neuroinformatics Zurich   (Switzerland)

^b Biology and Environment   (Australia)

^c The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SLICE; EXCITATORY CIRCUIT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; RECORDING; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX LAYER IV; STELLATE CELL; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; WHOLE CELL RECORDING;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 4644237268     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01262.2003     Document Type: Article

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