Thalamocortical connectivity in a rat brain slice preparation: Participation of the ventrobasal complex to synchronous activities

Thalamus and Related Systems

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 169-179

  Biagini, Giuseppe ^a,b   D'Antuono, Margherita ^b,c   Tancredi, Virginia ^d   Motalli, Rita ^b   Louvel, Jacques ^e   D'Arcangelo, Giovanna ^d   Pumain, René ^e   Warren, Richard A ^f   Avoli, Massimo ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^e INSERM   (France)

^f CENTRE DE RECHERCHE FERNAND SEGUIN   (Canada)

Author keywords

4 Aminopyridine; Epileptiform discharges; Fluorescent tracer; Somatosensory cortex; Spindles

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012305570     PISSN: 14729288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-9288(01)00016-4     Document Type: Article

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