Functional properties of perigeniculate inhibition of dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus thalamocortical neurons in vitro

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 22, 1997, Pages 8880-8893

  Sanchez Vives, Maria V ^a   McCormick, David A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

GABAergic; Inhibition; Oscillations; Sleep; Thalamic reticular nucleus; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; BICUCULLINE; CALCIUM ION; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERRET; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULAR FORMATION; SLEEP; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS;

EID: 0030840139     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-22-08880.1997     Document Type: Article

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