Membrane potential changes in rat SmI cortical neurons evoked by controlled stimulation of mystacial vibrissae
1Department of Physical Therapy, School of Health Related Professions, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15261.
Brain Research
|May 10, 1988
Abstract:
Intracellular recordings from rat somatic sensory vibrissa/barrel cortex demonstrate that whisker displacements evoke short latency excitatory postsynaptic potentials followed by longer lasting inhibitory potentials. The time course and whisker-related spatial distribution of the potentials represent synaptic correlates of the integration of whisker inputs observed in extracellular studies.


