Development of firing patterns and electrical properties in neurons of the rat ventrobasal thalamus

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 164-170

  Perez Velazquez, Jose L ^a   Carlen, Peter L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calcium current; Potassium current; Spike bursting; Thalamus; Voltage clamp; Whole cell recording

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SLICE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0030024155     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-3806(95)00171-9     Document Type: Article

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