Consistency and diversity of spike dynamics in the neurons of bed nucleus of stria terminalis of the rat: A dynamic clamp study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Szücs, Attila ^a,d   Berton, Fulvia ^b,e   Nowotny, Thomas ^c   Sanna, Pietro ^b   Francesconi, Walter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^d BALATON LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATORY POTENTIAL; RAT; SPIKE WAVE; STRIA TERMINALIS; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEPTUM NUCLEUS; SYNAPSE; TIME;

RATTUS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEPTAL NUCLEI; SYNAPSES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77957869341     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011920     Document Type: Article

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