Modeling and investigation of neural activity in the thalamus

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 244, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-14

  Wu, Huiying ^a,b   Robinson, P A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brain dynamics; Interneuron; RE nucleus; Spindle instability; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BRAIN; INSTABILITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL POPULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NERVE CELL; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INTERNEURONS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; THALAMIC NUCLEI; THALAMUS;

EID: 33751202962     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2006.07.016     Document Type: Article

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