Mapping the electrophysiological and morphological properties of CA1 pyramidal neurons along the longitudinal hippocampal axis

Hippocampus

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 341-361

  Malik, Ruchi ^a   Dougherty, Kelly Ann ^a,b   Parikh, Komal ^a   Byrne, Connor ^a   Johnston, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b RHODES COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendritic branching; Dorsal hippocampus; Firing output; Intermediate hippocampus; Intrinsic excitability; Resonance frequency; Ventral hippocampus

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL SLICE; MALE; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRATUM RADIATUM; VENTRAL HIPPOCAMPUS; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOPHYSICS; CYTOLOGY; DENDRITE; DRUG EFFECTS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATCH CLAMP TECHNIQUE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

AMINO ACID RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT;

ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; BIOPHYSICS; BRAIN MAPPING; CA1 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; DENDRITES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGENTS; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84958920296     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: 10981063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hipo.22526     Document Type: Article

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