Overwhelmingly asynchronous firing of rat subthalamic nucleus neurones in brain slices provides little evidence for intrinsic interconnectivity

Neuroscience

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 187-200

  Wilson, C L ^a   Puntis, M ^a   Lacey, M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Burst firing; GABA; Glutamate; Oscillations; Single unit recording

Indexed keywords

1 AMINO 1,3 CYCLOPENTANEDICARBOXYLIC ACID; 2 METHYL 6 (PHENYLETHYNYL)PYRIDINE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; BENZYL[3 [[1 (3,4 DICHLOROPHENYL)ETHYL]AMINO] 2 HYDROXYPROPYL]PHOSPHINIC ACID; BICUCULLINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HALOPERIDOL; MUSCARINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; VALERIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN SLICE; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECT; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECORDING; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0344687312     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2003.09.008     Document Type: Article

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