Dynamic properties of corticothalamic neurons and local cortical interneurons generating fast rhythmic (30-40 Hz) spike bursts

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 483-490

  Steriade, Mircea ^a   Timofeev, Igor ^a   Dürmüller, Niklaus ^a   Grenier, François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION CORTEX; CAT; DEPOLARIZATION; DYNAMICS; INTERNEURON; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS;

EID: 0031915157     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.79.1.483     Document Type: Article

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