New intrathalamic pathways allowing modality-related and cross-modality switching in the dorsal thalamus

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 19, 2002, Pages 8754-8761

  Crabtree, John W ^a   Isaac, John T R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Convergent inhibitory inputs; GABAA receptors; Intrathalamic pathways; IPSCs; IPSPs; Modality related and cross modality modulation; Selective attention; Thalamic reticular nucleus

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS; THALAMUS INTRALAMINAR NUCLEUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

EID: 0036813031     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-19-08754.2002     Document Type: Article

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