Cell-type-specific sub- and suprathreshold receptive fields of layer 4 and layer 2/3 pyramids in rat primary visual cortex

Neuroscience

Volumn 190, Issue , 2011, Pages 112-126

  Medini, P ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cell type specificity; In vivo whole cell; Layer specificity; Primary visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; GRATING; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RELIABILITY; STRIATE CORTEX; THALAMUS; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; DENDRITES; NERVE NET; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 80051596139     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2011.05.026     Document Type: Article

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