The Mechanism of Abrupt Transition between Theta and Hyper-Excitable Spiking Activity in Medial Entorhinal Cortex Layer II Stellate Cells

Tilman Kispersky; John A. White; Horacio G. Rotstein

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0013697

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The Mechanism of Abrupt Transition between Theta and Hyper-Excitable Spiking Activity in Medial Entorhinal Cortex Layer II Stellate Cells

Tilman Kispersky,

Affiliation Program in Neuroscience and Center for BioDynamics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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John A. White,

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
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Horacio G. Rotstein

* E-mail: horacio@njit.edu

Affiliation Department of Mathematical Sciences and Center for Applied Mathematics and Statistics, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America
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The Mechanism of Abrupt Transition between Theta and Hyper-Excitable Spiking Activity in Medial Entorhinal Cortex Layer II Stellate Cells

Tilman Kispersky,
John A. White,
Horacio G. Rotstein

Published: November 4, 2010
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0013697

About the Authors

Tilman Kispersky

Affiliation Program in Neuroscience and Center for BioDynamics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

John A. White

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Horacio G. Rotstein

* E-mail: horacio@njit.edu

Affiliation Department of Mathematical Sciences and Center for Applied Mathematics and Statistics, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TJK JAW HR. Performed the experiments: TJK HR. Analyzed the data: TJK HR. Wrote the paper: TJK HR.

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