Ionic mechanisms underlying synchronized oscillations and propagating waves in a model of ferret thalamic slices

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 2049-2070

  Destexhe, Alain ^a   Bal, Thierry ^b   Mccormick, David A ^b   Sejnowski, Terrence J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CALCIUM BINDING; FERRET; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATORY POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT;

EID: 0029785642     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.76.3.2049     Document Type: Article

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