Experimental evidence and modeling studies support a synchronizing role for electrical coupling in the cat thalamic reticular neurons in vivo

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 111-119

  Fuentealba, Pablo ^a   Crochet, Sylvain ^a   Timofeev, Igor ^a   Bazhenov, Maxim ^b   Sejnowski, Terrence J ^b,c   Steriade, Mircea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Halothane; Intracellular recordings and staining; Spikelets; Spindling

Indexed keywords

HALOTHANE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CAT; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; DENDRITIC CELL; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GAP JUNCTION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE WAVE; STAINING; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANIMALS; CATS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GAP JUNCTIONS; HALOTHANE; MODELS, ANIMAL; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 3142704246     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2004.03462.x     Document Type: Article

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