Strategies for mapping synaptic inputs on dendrites in vivo by combining two-photon microscopy, sharp intracellular recording, and pharmacology

Frontiers in Neural Circuits

Volumn , Issue DEC, 2012, Pages

  Levy, Manuel ^a   Schramm, Adrien E ^a   Kara, Prakash ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium imaging; Cat visual cortex; Dendrite; GABA iontophoresis; Intracellular recording; QX 314; Spike suppression; Two photon imaging

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; LIDOCAINE ETHOBROMIDE; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; ELECTRODE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; ION CURRENT; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; NERVE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PHARMACOLOGICAL BLOCKING; SPIKE WAVE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 84872105312     PISSN: 16625110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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