High frequency action potential bursts (≥ 100 Hz) in L2/3 and L5B thick tufted neurons in anaesthetized and awake rat primary somatosensory cortex

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 586, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 3353-3364

  De Kock, C P J ^a   Sakmann, B ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPIKE WAVE; WAKEFULNESS; ACTION POTENTIAL; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL CELL; BACK PROPAGATION; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; L2/3 NERVE CELL; L5B NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PRIMARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHETICS; ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 48949120509     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2008.155580     Document Type: Article

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