Conditional bursting enhances resonant firing in neocortical layer 2-3 pyramidal neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1285-1299

  Higgs, Matthew H ^a,b   Spain, William J ^a,b  

^a VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Burst; Cortex; Frequency; Oscillator; Pyramidal cell; Resonance

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; APAMIN;

AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; NEOCORTEX; NOISE; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SYNAPSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; FEEDBACK; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEOCORTEX; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 59649113793     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3728-08.2009     Document Type: Article

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