Back-propagation of physiological action potential output in dendrites of slender-tufted L5A pyramidal neurons

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages 1-11

  Grewe, Benjamin F ^a,b   Bonnan, Audrey ^c   Frick, Andreas ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Critical frequency; Dendritic excitability; Development; Layer 5A; Temporal code; Voltage gated ion channels

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACK PROPAGATION; BRAIN CELL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT;

EID: 77953385643     PISSN: 16625102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2010.00013     Document Type: Article

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