Dynamic GABAA receptor subtype-specific modulation of the synchrony and duration of thalamic oscillations

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 3649-3657

  Sohal, Vikaas S ^a   Keist, Ruth ^b   Rudolph, Uwe ^b   Huguenard, John R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepines; Generalized absence epilepsy; Inhibition; Interneuronal network; Spike wave discharge; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CLONAZEPAM; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ABSENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DRUG DESIGN; EPILEPTOGENESIS; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; MODULATION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SPIKE WAVE; THALAMUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GENETICS; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CLONAZEPAM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GABA MODULATORS; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; NERVE NET; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; THALAMIC NUCLEI; THALAMUS;

EID: 0038206590     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-09-03649.2003     Document Type: Article

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