Neural dynamics and information representation in microcircuits of motor cortex

Frontiers in Neural Circuits

Volumn , Issue APR 2013, 2013, Pages

  Tsubo, Yasuhiro ^a   Isomura, Yoshikazu ^b,c   Fukai, Tomoki ^a,c  

^a RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b TAMAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cortical layer; Gamma oscillation; Irregular firing; Juxtacellular; Local circuit; Multiunit; Neural code; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MICROCIRCULATION; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENTROPY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GAMMA RHYTHM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNEURON; IRREGULAR NEURONAL FIRING; MOTOR CORTEX; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PHASE RESPONSE CURVE; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SENSORY FEEDBACK; SPIKE WAVE; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; THETA RHYTHM; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

EID: 84876364920     PISSN: 16625110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2013.00085     Document Type: Article

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