Thalamic mechanisms of EEG alpha rhythms and their pathological implications

Neuroscientist

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 357-372

  Hughes, Stuart W ^a   Crunelli, Vincenzo ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

rhythm; Cortex; Gap junctions; Ion channels; Oscillations

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN;

ALPHA RHYTHM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BRAIN; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

ALPHA RHYTHM; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; NEURONS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; THALAMUS;

EID: 22844448203     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073858405277450     Document Type: Review

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