Synaptic Integration Gradients in Single Cortical Pyramidal Cell Dendrites

Neuron

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 885-892

  Branco, Tiago ^a,b   Häusser, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DENTATE GYRUS; GRANULE CELL; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPSE; VISUAL CORTEX;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENDRITES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 79952223377     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: 10974199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2011.02.006     Document Type: Article

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