Influence of highly distinctive structural properties on the excitability of pyramidal neurons in monkey visual and prefrontal cortices

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 40, 2012, Pages 13644-13660

  Amatrudo, Joseph M ^a   Weaver, Christina M ^b,c   Crimins, Johanna L ^a   Hof, Patrick R ^c   Rosene, Douglas L ^a,d   Luebke, Jennifer I ^a,c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; AMPA RECEPTOR;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DENDRITIC SPINE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RHESUS MONKEY; SPIKE; STRIATE CORTEX;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; DENDRITIC SPINES; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 84866991930     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2581-12.2012     Document Type: Article

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