Spontaneous Electrical Activity in the Human Fetal Cortex In Vitro
Moore A, Zhou W, Jakovcevski I, Zecevic N, Antic S. Spontaneous Electrical Activity in the Human Fetal Cortex In Vitro. Journal Of Neuroscience 2011, 31: 2391-2398. PMID: 21325506, PMCID: PMC3564513, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.3886-10.2011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAction potential firingSpontaneous electrical activitySP neuronsPlateau depolarizationsHuman fetal neuronsElectrical activityHuman fetal cortexFunctional synaptic contactsHuman cerebral cortexSpontaneous network activitySlow-wave sleepHuman postmortem tissueSlow oscillatory patternsGABA ionotropic receptorsHuman subplate neuronsFetal neuronsSubplate neuronsCerebral cortexGestational weeksSynaptic contactsFetal cortexPostsynaptic potentialsCortical neuronsAdult neocortexSynaptic inputs