In vivo dual intra- and extracellular recordings suggest bidirectional coupling between CA1 pyramidal neurons

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1584-1593

  Chorev, Edith ^a   Brecht, Michael ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electrical coupling; Spikelets

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENDRITE; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MALE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SPIKE WAVE;

ANIMALS; CA1 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84866361080     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01115.2011     Document Type: Article

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