Subthalamic nucleus: A clock inside basal ganglia?

Thalamus and Related Systems

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-8

  Beurrier, C ^a   Garcia, L ^b   Bioulac, B ^b   Hammond, C ^a  

^a Turing Center for Living Systems CENTURI Aix Marseille University   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Apomorphine; Burst firing; High frequency stimulation; Parkinsonism; Subthalamic nucleus

Indexed keywords

APOMORPHINE; LEVODOPA; OXIDOPAMINE;

AUTOREGULATION; BASAL GANGLION; BODY MOVEMENT; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; HEMIBALLISM; HUMAN; MOTONEURON; MOTOR COORDINATION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT;

EID: 0036455053     PISSN: 14729288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-9288(02)00033-X     Document Type: Article

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