Cholinergic modulation of neuronal excitability and recurrent excitation-inhibition in prefrontal cortex circuits: Implications for gamma oscillations

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 591, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 4725-4748

  Pafundo, Diego E ^a   Miyamae, Takeaki ^a   Lewis, David A ^a   Gonzalez Burgos, Guillermo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CHOLINERGIC MODULATION; CHOLINERGIC STIMULATION; COGNITION; EVOKED RESPONSE; GAMMA RHYTHM; INTERNEURON; MOUSE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; WORKING MEMORY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CHOLINERGIC AGONISTS; CHOLINERGIC NEURONS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; INTERNEURONS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MICE; NERVE NET; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PYRAMIDAL CELLS;

EID: 84884973959     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2013.253823     Document Type: Article

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