Focal stimulation of the thalamic reticular nucleus induces focal gamma waves in cortex

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 474-477

  Macdonald, Kurt D ^a   Fifkova, Eva ^a   Jones, Michael S ^a   Barth, Daniel S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; CAPSULA INTERNA; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

EID: 0031893817     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.79.1.474     Document Type: Article

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