Transient signals trigger synchronous bursts in an identified population of neurons

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 714-723

  Marsat, Gary ^a,b   Proville, Rémi D ^a   Maler, Leonard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC FISH; IN VIVO STUDY; NERVE CELL; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; SENSATION; SYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 68149165539     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.91366.2008     Document Type: Article

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