Different temporal processing of sensory inputs in the rat thalamus during quiescent and information processing states in vivo

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 539, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 567-578

  Castro Alamancos, Manuel A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; URETHAN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HYPERPOLARIZATION; IN VIVO STUDY; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MEDIAL LEMNISCUS; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETICULAR FORMATION; SENSORY STIMULATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS; VIBRISSA; ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BRAIN NERVE CELL; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEOCORTEX; NEURONS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETICULAR FORMATION; THALAMUS; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 0036522017     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2001.013283     Document Type: Article

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