Spontaneous neuronal activity in developing neocortical networks: From single cells to large-scale interactions

Frontiers in Neural Circuits

Volumn 10, Issue MAY, 2016, Pages

  Luhmann, Heiko J ^a   Sinning, Anne ^a   Yang, Jenq Wei ^a   Reyes Puerta, Vicente ^a   Stüttgen, Maik C ^a   Kirischuk, Sergei ^a   Kilb, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; Columnar organization; Development; Human; Rodent; Somatosensory cortex; Spontaneous activity; Subplate

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; GLYCINE; TAURINE;

APOPTOSIS; AXON; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INTERACTION; CHANNEL GATING; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; HUMAN; MYELINATION; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; NEOCORTEX; NERVE NET; NEURONS;

EID: 84975289304     PISSN: 16625110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2016.00040     Document Type: Review

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