Cortical and thalamic visual evoked potentials during sleep-wake states and spike-wave discharges in the rat

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Evoked Potentials

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 306-319

  Meeren, H K M ^a   Van Luijtelaar, E L J M ^a   Coenen, A M L ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Isual evoked potentials; Lateral geniculate nucleus; Primary visual cortex; Sleep wake states; Spike wave discharges; WAG Rij rat

Indexed keywords

AFTERDISCHARGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REM SLEEP; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; SPIKE WAVE; THALAMUS; VISUAL CORTEX; WAKEFULNESS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; HUMANS; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SLEEP STAGES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS; VISUAL CORTEX; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0031809303     PISSN: 01685597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-5597(97)00101-9     Document Type: Article

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