Nonlinear dendritic processing determines angular tuning of barrel cortex neurons in vivo

Nature

Volumn 490, Issue 7420, 2012, Pages 397-401

  Lavzin, Maria ^a   Rapoport, Sophia ^a   Polsky, Alon ^b   Garion, Liora ^a   Schiller, Jackie ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

MEMBRANE; NEUROLOGY; NONLINEARITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SENSORY SYSTEM;

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL REGENERATION; DENDRITE; DENDRITIC CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; DENDRITES; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; MICE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VIBRISSAE; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 84867663628     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature11451     Document Type: Article

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