Abnormal neuroneal activities in intralaminar thalamic nuclei following chronic lesions of nucleus reticularis thalami in rats

Physiological Research

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 475-485

  Pollin, B ^a   Joulin, Y ^a   Amsallem, B ^a   Rokyta, R ^b   Cesaro, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c Service de Neurologie   (France)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; Intralaminar nuclei; Nucleus reticularis thalami lesions; Pretectal area; Rat; Thalamus; Ventrobasal complex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; LATENT PERIOD; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRETECTUM; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 0031467874     PISSN: 08628408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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