An intrinsic oscillation in interneurons of the rat lateral geniculate nucleus

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 702-711

  Zhu, J Julius ^a,c   Lytton, William W ^b   Xue, Jin Tang ^a   Uhlrich, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERNEURON; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS;

EID: 0033029999     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.81.2.702     Document Type: Article

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