The initiation of bursts in thalamic neurons and the cortical control of thalamic sensitivity

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 357, Issue 1428, 2002, Pages 1649-1657

  Destexhe, Alain ^a   Sejnowski, Terrence J ^b,c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Absence; Cortex; Epilepsy; Oscillations; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

NEUROLOGY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037196082     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2002.1154     Document Type: Conference Paper

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