Electrical coupling underlies theta rhythm in freely moving cats

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1759-1770

  Gołȩbiewski, Henryk ^a   Eckersdorf, Barbara ^a   Konopacki, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cat; Gap junction blockage; Hippocampal theta

Indexed keywords

CARBENOXOLONE; QUININE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THETA RHYTHM;

ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CARBENOXOLONE; CATS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTIONS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; QUININE; THETA RHYTHM; TIME FACTORS; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 33748904911     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2006.04993.x     Document Type: Article

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