Synapses of horizontal connections in adult rat somatosensory cortex have different properties depending on the source of their axons

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 591-601

  Hickmott, Peter W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

EPSPs; Horizontal connections; IPSPs; Layer 2 3; Minimal stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPSE;

6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN MAPPING; CALCIUM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; METALS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STRONTIUM; SYNAPSES;

EID: 76749146777     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhp125     Document Type: Article

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