Thalamocortical synaptic connections: Efficacy, modulation, inhibition and plasticity

Reviews in the Neurosciences

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 159-173

  Amitai, Y ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Feed forward inhibition; FS cells; Intracortical synapses; Release probability; Synaptic plasticity; Thalamocortical synapses

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; MOUSE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT;

EID: 0035017430     PISSN: 03341763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/revneuro.2001.12.2.159     Document Type: Review

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