Large-scale oscillatory calcium waves in the immature cortex

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 452-459

  Garaschuk, Olga ^a,b   Linn, Jennifer ^b   Eilers, Jens ^b,c   Konnerth, Arthur ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; AMPA RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SLICE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HYPERPOLARIZATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BICUCULLINE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NERVE NET; NEURONS; PHOTONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, GABA; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 0033929977     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/74823     Document Type: Article

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