Intrinsic electrophysiological properties of entorhinal cortex stellate cells and their contribution to grid cell firing fields

Frontiers in Neural Circuits

Volumn , Issue APRIL2012, 2012, Pages 1-21

  Pastoll, Hugh ^a   Ramsden, Helen L ^a   Nolan, Matthew F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Grid cell; HCN; Ion channel; Oscillation; Resonance; Synaptic integration; Theta

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CALCIUM CONDUCTANCE; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GRID CELL; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MOUSE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SODIUM CONDUCTANCE; STELLATE CELL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84863622411     PISSN: 16625110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2012.00017     Document Type: Review

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