Cellular, synaptic, network, and modulatory mechanisms involved in rhythm generation

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 710-717

  Calabrese, Ronald L ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL;

BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CALCIUM CURRENT; CRUSTACEA; GENE SEQUENCE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; LEECH; MEMBRANE CURRENT; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PATTERN GENERATOR; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SLEEP PATTERN; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 0031647859     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(98)80112-8     Document Type: Article

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