Cortical Microcircuits and Maps: Structure and Function

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Air date:	Tuesday, January 24, 2006, 12:00:00 PM Time displayed is Eastern Time, Washington DC Local
Views:	Total views: 125 * This only includes stats from October 2011 and forward.
Category:	Neuroscience
Runtime:	01:15:02
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Description:	Dr. Sakmann’s lab aims to elucidate mechanisms of fast signalling within nerve cells, between nerve cells and of long-term changes in their synaptic coupling. Nerve cells are highly polarized cells with different compartments referred to as dendrites, soma, axon and terminals. Electrical signals also are used to communicate between these compartments. Electrical signals are encoded as a transient rise in intracellular calcium. To decipher this code and identify the intracellular receivers of calcium transients is one of their aims. Nerve cells communicate with each other via synapses and the elucidation of transmitter release and its postsynaptic action in CNS synapses is the second main theme. NIH Neuroscience Seminar Series

NLM Title:	Cortical microcircuits / Bert Sakmann.
Author:	Sakmann, Bert. National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
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Subjects:	Brain Mapping Cerebral Cortex--anatomy & histology Cerebral Cortex--physiology
Publication Types:	Lecture Webcast
NLM Classification:	WL 307
NLM ID:	101289592
CIT Live ID:	4370
Permanent link:	https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=4370

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