Location-dependent excitatory synaptic interactions in pyramidal neuron dendrites

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Behabadi, Bardia F ^a   Polsky, Alon ^b   Jadi, Monika ^c   Schiller, Jackie ^d   Mel, Bartlett W ^a,e  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^c SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^d TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION FACTORS; BIOPHYSICAL MECHANISM; BRAIN SLICES; COMPARTMENTAL MODELLING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECORDINGS; LOCATION DEPENDENTS; NEURON RESPONSE; PYRAMIDAL NEURON; SYNAPTIC CONTACTS; SYNAPTIC INTERACTIONS;

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY;

ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CELL INTERACTION; COMPARTMENT MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXCITATION; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SPIKE WAVE; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84864043775     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002599     Document Type: Article

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