Thalamic organization and function after Cajal

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 136, Issue , 2002, Pages 333-357

  Jones, Edward G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; AMPA RECEPTOR; CALBINDIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PARVALBUMIN; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; CAT; CELL INTERACTION; COILED BODY; CONFERENCE PAPER; INTERNEURON; LATERAL RETICULAR NUCLEUS; MOUSE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SYNAPSE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

EID: 0036458789     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(02)36029-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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