Short-term plasticity in thalamocortical pathways: Cellular mechanisms and functional roles

Reviews in the Neurosciences

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 95-116

  Castro Alamancos, Manuel A ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Augmenting; Cortex; Depression; Facilitation; Recruiting; Synaptic; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; FACILITATION; MORPHOLOGY; NEOCORTEX; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS;

EID: 0030697321     PISSN: 03341763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/REVNEURO.1997.8.2.95     Document Type: Review

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