A spontaneous state of weakly correlated synaptic excitation and inhibition in visual cortex

Neuroscience

Volumn 247, Issue , 2013, Pages 364-375

  Tan, A Y Y ^a   Andoni, S ^a   Priebe, N J ^a  

^a Section of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology   (United States)

Author keywords

Correlation; Excitation; In vivo; Inhibition; Primary visual cortex; Spontaneous activity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CORTICAL SPONTANEOUS ACTIVITY; FEMALE; IN VIVO STUDY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY STIMULATION; STRIATE CORTEX; SYNAPTIC EXCITATION; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; VISUAL CORTEX;

4-(2-HYDROXYETHYL)-1-PIPERAZINEETHANESULFONIC ACID; CI; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION; EXCITATION; HEPES; IN VIVO; INHIBITION; PRIMARY VISUAL CORTEX; SPONTANEOUS ACTIVITY;

ANIMALS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; NEURAL INHIBITION; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 84880620655     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.05.037     Document Type: Article

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