Corticothalamic Inhibition in the Thalamic Reticular Nucleus

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 759-766

  Zhang, Liming ^a   Jones, Edward G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; IONOTROPIC RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; LATENT PERIOD; LATERAL RETICULAR NUCLEUS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPSE; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; TOPOGRAPHY;

6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; INTRALAMINAR THALAMIC NUCLEI; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; NEURAL INHIBITION;

EID: 0842306375     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00624.2003     Document Type: Article

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