Just a phase they're going through: The complex interaction of intrinsic high-threshold bursting and gap junctions in the generation of thalamic α and θ rhythms

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-17

  Hughes, Stuart W ^a   Crunelli, Vincenzo ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dendrites; EEG; Gap junctions; Metabotropic glutamate receptor; Mu rhythm

Indexed keywords

1 AMINO 1,3 CYCLOPENTANEDICARBOXYLIC ACID; 3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLETHYLENE GLYCOL; 4 CARBOXY 2 METHYLPHENYLGLYCINE; CARBENOXOLONE; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR AGONIST;

ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; NERVE CELL; NERVE CONDUCTION; OSCILLATION; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS; THETA RHYTHM;

ALPHA RHYTHM; ANIMALS; AROUSAL; CEREBRAL CORTEX; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; NEURONS; SLEEP STAGES; THALAMUS; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 33947602877     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2006.08.004     Document Type: Article

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