Connexon connexions in the thalamocortical system

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 149, Issue , 2005, Pages 41-57

  Cruikshank, Scott J ^a   Landisman, Carole E ^a   Mancilla, Jaime G ^a   Connors, Barry W ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; CONNEXIN 36; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR;

ACCURACY; ACTION POTENTIAL; BRAIN; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MATURATION; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; INTERNEURON; ION CURRENT; KNOCKOUT GENE; LATERAL RETICULAR NUCLEUS; MAMMAL; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MOLECULE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SPIKE; STELLATE CELL; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONNEXINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; INTERNEURONS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS;

EID: 26844559819     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(05)49004-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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