Thalamic synchrony and dynamic regulation of global forebrain oscillations

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 350-356

  Huguenard, John R ^a   McCormick, David A ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR;

BRAIN CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FOREBRAIN; INTERNEURON; LATERAL RETICULAR NUCLEUS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SLEEP SPINDLE; SPIKE WAVE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PROSENCEPHALON; THALAMUS;

EID: 34250862190     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2007.05.007     Document Type: Review

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