Extensive excitatory network interactions shape temporal processing of communication signals in a model sensory system

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 456-469

  Ma, Xiaofeng ^a   Kohashi, Tsunehiko ^a,b   Carlson, Bruce A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electric fish; Microcircuit; Paired recording; Sensory processing; Temporal coding

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRICAL SYNAPSE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY SYSTEM; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL MODEL; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRICAL SYNAPSES; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; NERVE NET; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84879512069     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00145.2013     Document Type: Article

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