Low-frequency rhythms in the thalamus of intact-cortex and decorticated cats

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 4152-4168

  Timofeev, I ^a   Steriade, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECORTICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS;

EID: 0030461640     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.76.6.4152     Document Type: Article

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