Properties of mEPSCs recorded in layer II neurones of rat barrel cortex
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Properties of mEPSCs recorded in layer II neurones of rat barrel cortex.
Voltage-clamp recordings from layer II neurones in somatosensory cortex of rats aged between 12 and 17 days showed a high frequency of spontaneous postsynaptic currents (sPSCs), which on average was 33 +/- 13 Hz (s.d.). sPSCs were mediated largely by glutamatergic AMPA receptors. Their rates and amplitudes were independent of blocking sodium channels with 1 microM tetrodotoxin (TTX). Most of th...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Physiology
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0022-3751,1469-7793
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2002.022095