Reevaluation of the beam and radial hypotheses of parallel fiber action in the cerebellar cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 28, 2013, Pages 11412-11424

  Cramer, Samuel W ^a   Gao, Wangcai ^a   Chen, Gang ^a   Ebner, Timothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 AMINO 2 (3 CARBOXYPROPYL) 6 (4 METHOXYPHENYL) PYRIDAZINIUM BROMIDE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BICUCULLINE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; FLAVOPROTEIN; GLYCINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GRANULE CELL; HISTOLOGY; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; SPIKE WAVE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CEREBELLAR CORTEX; FEMALE; GLUTAMATE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NERVE FIBERS;

EID: 84880413980     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0711-13.2013     Document Type: Article

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