Distinct firing properties of higher order thalamic relay neurons

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 291-299

  Li, Jianli ^a   Bickford, Martha E ^a   Guido, William ^b,c  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Dept of Cell Biology and Anatomy ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HYPERPOLARIZATION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPIKE; THALAMUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0037487069     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01163.2002     Document Type: Article

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