Intrinsic electrophysiology of mouse corticospinal neurons: A class-specific triad of spike-related properties

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1965-1977

  Suter, Benjamin A ^a   Migliore, Michele ^b   Shepherd, Gordon M G ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

action potential; corticospinal; corticostriatal; electrophysiology; motor cortex

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CELL STRUCTURE; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; CORTICOSPINAL; CORTICOSTRIATAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MOTOR CORTEX;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; INTERNEURONS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOTOR CORTEX; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS;

EID: 84880220475     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhs184     Document Type: Article

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