Activity of thalamic reticular neurons during spontaneous genetically determined spike and wave discharges

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 2323-2334

  Slaght, Seàn J ^a   Leresche, Nathalie ^b   Deniau, Jean Michel ^c   Crunelli, Vincenzo ^a   Charpier, Stéphane ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

Author keywords

Absence epilepsy; Burst firing; Cortex; GAERS; Lateral inhibition; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

ABSENCE; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPIKE WAVE; THALAMUS;

EID: 0037088936     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-06-02323.2002     Document Type: Article

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