High Bandwidth Synaptic Communication and Frequency Tracking in Human Neocortex

PLoS Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Testa Silva, Guilherme ^a,b,c   Verhoog, Matthijs B ^a   Linaro, Daniele ^d   de Kock, Christiaan P J ^a   Baayen, Johannes C ^e   Meredith, Rhiannon M ^a   De Zeeuw, Chris I ^b,c   Giugliano, Michele ^d,f,g   Mansvelder, Huibert D ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^e VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^g EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BANDWIDTH SYNAPTIC COMMUNICATION; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONNECTOME; GAMMA RHYTHM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SIGNAL DETECTION; SPIKE WAVE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TEMPORAL CORTEX; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPSE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; HUMANS; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOCORTEX; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; SYNAPSES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84912569763     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002007     Document Type: Article

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