Thalamocortical inputs trigger a propagating envelope of gamma-band activity in auditory cortex in vitro

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 160-174

  Metherate, Raju ^a   Cruikshank, Scott J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory cortex; GABA; Gamma band; Glutamate; Synaptic; Thalamocortical

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE ION; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; 6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PICROTOXIN; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS;

EID: 0032918284     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050726     Document Type: Article

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