Excitability and responsiveness of rat barrel cortex neurons in the presence and absence of spontaneous synaptic activity in vivo

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 592, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 3577-3595

  Altwegg Boussac, Tristan ^a   Chavez, Mario ^a   Mahon, Séverine ^a   Charpier, Stéphane ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DU CERVEAU ET DE LA MOELLE ÉPINIÈRE   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NEUROMODULATION; NEURONAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RELIABILITY; SLEEP; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VALIDITY; WAKEFULNESS; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL;

BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT; FENTANYL; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; PENTOBARBITAL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; FENTANYL; GABA MODULATORS; MALE; NEURONS; PENTOBARBITAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPTIC POTENTIALS;

EID: 84906098190     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2013.270561     Document Type: Article

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