Burst and tonic firing in thalamic cells of unanesthetized, behaving monkeys

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 55-62

  Ramcharan, Eion J ^a   Gnadt, James W ^a   Sherman, S Murray ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Burst; LGN; Low threshold spike; Sleep; Vision

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; THALAMUS; VISION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; GENICULATE BODIES; MACACA MULATTA; RETINA; THALAMIC NUCLEI; VISION; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0034023719     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523800171056     Document Type: Article

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