Plasticity in the mediodorsal thalamo-prefrontal cortical transmission in behaving mice

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2827-2832

  Herry, Cyril ^a   Vouimba, Rose Marie ^a   Garcia, René ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

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Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIDROMIC STIMULATION; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT;

EID: 0032744466     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.82.5.2827     Document Type: Article

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