Novel and distinct operational principles of intralaminar thalamic neurons and their striatal projections

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 4374-4384

  Lacey, Carolyn J ^a   Bolam, J Paul ^a   Magill, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Central lateral; Intralaminar thalamus; Parafascicular; Striatum; Thalamostriatal

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPIKE; STRIATE CORTEX; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS INTRALAMINAR NUCLEUS; THALAMUS PARAFASCICULAR NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; INTRALAMINAR THALAMIC NUCLEI; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; THALAMIC NUCLEI; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 34247350424     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5519-06.2007     Document Type: Article

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