Properties of precise firing synchrony between synaptically coupled cortical interneurons depend on their mode of coupling

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 624-637

  Hu, Hang ^a   Agmon, Ariel ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortical interneurons; Electrical coupling; Firing synchrony; Gap junctions; Temporal precision; Unitary IPSP

Indexed keywords

PARVALBUMIN; SOMATOSTATIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICAL SYNAPSE; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERNEURON; MALE; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PATCH CLAMP TECHNIQUE; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPSE; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERNEURONS; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PARVALBUMINS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PERIODICITY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSTATIN; SYNAPSES; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84937723648     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00304.2015     Document Type: Article

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