Spontaneous electrical activity in the human fetal cortex in vitro

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2391-2398

  Moore, Anna R ^a   Zhou, Wen Liang ^a   Jakovcevski, Igor ^a   Zecevic, Nada ^a   Antic, Srdjan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; IONOTROPIC RECEPTOR;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; NEOCORTEX; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; BIOPHYSICS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FETUS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79951836692     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3886-10.2011     Document Type: Article

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