Spindle Bursts in Neonatal Rat Cerebral Cortex

Figure 6

Synaptic events underlying a spindle burst recorded in S1 of a P6 rat in vivo. (a) Simultaneous registration of membrane currents (upper trace) and local field potential (lower trace). In this recording the membrane potential was held at −65 mV to isolate glutamatergic postsynaptic currents (PSCs). Note that the glutamatergic PSCs are phase locked to the field potential oscillations. (b) Recording at a holding potential of 0 mV to isolate GABAergic PSCs. Note that GABAergic PSCs are also phase locked to the field potential oscillations. Reproduced with permission from [14].

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