Thalamic-evoked synaptic interactions in barrel cortex revealed by optical imaging

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1529-1537

  Laaris, Nora ^a   Carlson, Greg C ^a   Keller, Asaf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; GABA; Glutamate; Mouse; NMDA; Somatosensory cortex; Temporal coding; Voltage sensitive dyes

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BICUCULLINE METHIODIDE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN SLICE; EPILEPSY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS;

EID: 0034652305     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-04-01529.2000     Document Type: Article

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