Sensory-evoked synaptic integration in cerebellar and cerebral cortical neurons

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 71-83

  Chadderton, Paul ^a   Schaefer, Andreas T ^b,c   Williams, Stephen R ^d   Margrie, Troy W ^b,c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; BRAIN CELL; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; GRANULE CELL; HUMAN; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REVIEW; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; VOLTAGE CLAMP TECHNIQUE;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS; NEURONS; SENSATION; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84892786831     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: 14710048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrn3648     Document Type: Review

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