Postnatal development of synchronized network oscillations in the ferret dorsal lateral geniculate and perigeniculate nuclei

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 1995, Pages 5739-5752

  McCormick, David A ^a   Trent, Francine ^c   Ramoa, Ary S ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

absence seizure; development; dorsal lateral geniculate; epilepsy; oscillation; thalamus

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BICUCULLINE METHIODIDE; CALCIUM; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FERRET; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GENICULATE NUCLEUS; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTERNEURON; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0029160327     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.15-08-05739.1995     Document Type: Article

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