Integration of broadband conductance input in rat somatosensory cortical inhibitory interneurons: An inhibition-controlled switch between intrinsic and input-driven spiking in fast-spiking cells

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 1056-1072

  Tateno, T ^a,b,c,d   Robinson, H P C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Japan and Technology Agency ^*  (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL FUNCTION; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; INTERNEURON; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPIKE WAVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEEDBACK; INTERNEURONS; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TETRAETHYLAMMONIUM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 61349086073     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.91057.2008     Document Type: Article

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