Low-intensity electrical stimulation affects network dynamics by modulating population rate and spike timing

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 45, 2010, Pages 15067-15079

  Reato, Davide ^a   Rahman, Asif ^a   Bikson, Marom ^a   Parra, Lucas C ^a  

^a City University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBACHOL;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMBRANE POLARIZATION AND DEPOLARIZATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECORDING;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CARBACHOL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURONS; RATS;

EID: 78149472774     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2059-10.2010     Document Type: Article

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