Physiology of Layer 5 Pyramidal Neurons in Mouse Primary Visual Cortex: Coincidence Detection through Bursting

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Shai, Adam S ^a,b   Anastassiou, Costas A ^b   Larkum, Matthew E ^c   Koch, Christof ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ALLEN INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN SCIENCE   (United States)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEURONS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

CALCIUM CHANNELS; CELL TYPES; COINCIDENCE DETECTION; COMPARTMENTAL MODELLING; CORTEXES; CORTICAL COLUMNS; PATCH CLAMP RECORDING; PRIMARY VISUAL CORTEX; PROPERTY; PYRAMIDAL NEURON;

MAMMALS;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; COMPARTMENT MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOMENOLOGY; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SOMATIC CELL; STRIATE CORTEX; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; WHOLE CELL PATCH CLAMP; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DENDRITES; MICE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; SYNAPSES; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 84926335125     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004090     Document Type: Article

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