Novel neuronal and astrocytic mechanisms in thalamocortical loop dynamics

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 357, Issue 1428, 2002, Pages 1675-1693

  Crunelli, Vincenzo ^a   Blethyn, Kate L ^e   Cope, David W ^b   Hughes, Stuart W ^e   Parri, H Rheinallt ^e   Turner, Jonathan P ^c   Tóth, Tibor I ^e   Williams, Stephen R ^d  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Calcium waves; Development; Electrical coupling; T type calcium current

Indexed keywords

NEUROLOGY;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0037196081     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2002.1155     Document Type: Conference Paper

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