Dendritic organization in thalamocortical neurons and state-dependent functions of inhibitory synaptic inputs

Thalamus and Related Systems

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 39-52

  Neubig, M ^a,b   Destexhe, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Arousal; Dendritic clusters; Oscillations; Postsynaptic potentials; Sleep

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012514541     PISSN: 14729288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-9288(01)00005-X     Document Type: Article

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