Spike timing and reliability in cortical pyramidal neurons: Effects of EPSC kinetics, input synchronization and background noise on spike timing

PLoS ONE

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Rodriguez Molina, Victor M ^a,b   Aertsen, Ad ^a   Heck, Detlef H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MORELOS   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MALE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVOUSNESS; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SLOW BRAIN WAVE; SPIKE WAVE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPTIC EFFICACY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; BRAIN CORTEX; CALIBRATION; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; EVOKED RESPONSE; KINETICS; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPSE; TIME;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CALIBRATION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EVOKED POTENTIALS; KINETICS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEOCORTEX; NEURONS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 55849128174     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000319     Document Type: Article

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