Reciprocal inhibitory connections regulate the spatiotemporal properties of intrathalamic oscillations

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1735-1745

  Sohal, Vikaas S ^a   Huntsman, Molly M ^a   Huguenard, John R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Absence seizures; Angelman syndrome; Computational model; GABA(A) receptors; Spindle rhythm; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL FUNCTION; EPILEPTOGENESIS; HAPPY PUPPET SYNDROME; MODEL; NERVE CELL; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEIZURE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS;

EID: 0034161413     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-05-01735.2000     Document Type: Article

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