Synchronization of fast (30-40 Hz) spontaneous oscillations in intrathalamic and thalamocortical networks

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2788-2808

  Steriade, Mircea ^a   Contreras, Diego ^a   Amzica, Florin ^a   Timofeev, Igor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

arousal; fast rhythms; sleep; synchronization; thalamocortical; thalamus

Indexed keywords

KETAMINE; XYLAZINE;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

EID: 0029991879     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-08-02788.1996     Document Type: Article

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