Analysis of Cx36 knockout does not support tenet that olivary gap junctions are required for complex spike synchronization and normal motor performance

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 978, Issue , 2002, Pages 391-404

  Kistler, W M ^a   De Jeu, M T G ^a   Elgersma, Y ^a   Van Der Giessen, R S ^a   Hensbroek, R ^a   Luo, C ^a   Koekkoek, S K E ^a   Hoogenraad, C C ^a   Hamers, F P T ^b   Gueldenagel, M ^c   Sohl, G ^c   Willecke, K ^c   De Zeeuw, C I ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Complex spike synchrony; Connexin36; Cross correlation; Gap junction; Harmaline; Inferior olive; Motor behavior; Mouse; Multielectrode recording; Tremor

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 36; HARMALINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EYE MOVEMENT; GAIT; GAP JUNCTION; INFERIOR OLIVE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PURKINJE CELL; SPIKE WAVE; TREMOR; VESTIBULAR STIMULATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036963893     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2002.tb07582.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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