A basal ganglia pacemaker formed by the subthalamic nucleus and external globus pallidus

Nature

Volumn 400, Issue 6745, 1999, Pages 677-682

  Plenz, Dietmar ^a,b   Kital, Stephen T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; TISSUE CULTURE;

ANIMALS; BASAL GANGLIA; CELLS, CULTURED; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; DOPAMINE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; GLUTAMIC ACID; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; QUINOXALINES; RATS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS;

EID: 0033549810     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/23281     Document Type: Article

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