State-dependent gating of sensory inputs by zona incerta

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1456-1463

  Trageser, Jason C ^a   Burke, Kathryn A ^a   Masri, Radi ^a   Li, Ying ^a   Sellers, Larisa ^a   Keller, Asaf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBACHOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN SLICE; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CHANNEL GATING; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INHIBITION; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY STIMULATION; THALAMUS POSTERIOR NUCLEUS; ZONA INCERTA;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUBTHALAMUS;

EID: 33748570750     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00423.2006     Document Type: Article

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