The role of electrical signaling via gap junctions in the generation of fast network oscillations

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-13

  LeBeau, Fiona E N ^a   Traub, Roger D ^b   Monyer, Hannah ^c   Whittington, Miles A ^a   Buhl, Eberhard H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Connexin; Electrical synapses; Gamma oscillation; Hippocampus; Ripples

Indexed keywords

CX36 PROTEIN; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTION POTENTIAL; CELL INTERACTION; COGNITION; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; GAP JUNCTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTERNEURON; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0142226888     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2003.07.004     Document Type: Review

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