Mechanisms supporting transfer of inhibitory signals into the spike output of spontaneously firing cerebellar nuclear neurons in vitro

Cerebellum

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 67-76

  Pedroarena, Christine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Firing rate; Paradoxical excitation; Purkinje cell IPSPs; Rebound excitation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CEREBELLUM NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOUSE; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; WHOLE CELL;

EID: 77952239988     PISSN: 14734222     EISSN: 14734230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12311-009-0153-1     Document Type: Article

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