Electrical synapses in the thalamic reticular nucleus

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 1002-1009

  Landisman, Carole E ^a,b   Long, Michael A ^a,b   Beierlein, Michael ^a,b   Deans, Michael R ^a,b   Paul, David L ^a,b   Connors, Barry W ^a,b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Connexin36; Electrical coupling; Gap junctions; Inhibition; Mouse; Rat; Reticular nucleus; Synchrony; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 36;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GENE MUTATION; LATERAL RETICULAR NUCLEUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEIZURE; SLEEP; SYNAPSE; THALAMUS;

EID: 0036469370     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-03-01002.2002     Document Type: Article

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