Inhibitory regulation of dendritic activity in vivo

Frontiers in Neural Circuits

Volumn , Issue MAY2012, 2012, Pages 1-10

  Palmer, Lucy ^a,b   Murayama, Masanori ^c   Larkum, Matthew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cortex; Dendrite; Inhibition; Interneuron

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR;

BRAIN CORTEX; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL TYPE; DENDRITE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; IN VIVO STUDY; MARTINOTTI CELL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84863630605     PISSN: 16625110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2012.00026     Document Type: Review

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