Bursting activity of neurons in the human anterior thalamic nucleus

Brain Research

Volumn 1115, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-8

  Hodaie, Mojgan ^a   Cordella, Roberto ^b   Lozano, Andres M ^a,c   Wennberg, Richard ^b,c   Dostrovsky, Jonathan O ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bursting activity; Human epilepsy; Low threshold calcium spike; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; MICROELECTRODE; NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE WAVE; THALAMUS ANTERIOR NUCLEUS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; ANTERIOR THALAMIC NUCLEI; ANTICONVULSANTS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MALE; MAMILLARY BODIES; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; SLEEP;

EID: 33749026078     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2006.07.085     Document Type: Article

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