Synaptic diversity enables temporal coding of coincident multisensory inputs in single neurons

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 718-727

  Chabrol, François P ^a,b   Arenz, Alexander ^c,d   Wiechert, Martin T ^a,b   Margrie, Troy W ^c,e   Digregorio, David A ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CEREBELLAR MOSSY FIBER; FEMALE; GRANULE CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SYNAPSE; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; C57BL MOUSE; CEREBELLUM; CYTOLOGY; DENDRITE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; KINESTHESIA; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER; PATCH CLAMP TECHNIQUE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSATION; TIME FACTOR; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VESTIBULAR LABYRINTH; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CEREBELLUM; DENDRITES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; KINESTHESIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE NET; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SENSATION; SYNAPSES; TIME FACTORS; VESTIBULAR NUCLEI; VESTIBULE, LABYRINTH;

EID: 84928703004     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: 15461726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.3974     Document Type: Article

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