Heterogeneity of firing properties among rat thalamic reticular nucleus neurons

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 582, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 195-208

  Lee, Sang Hun ^a   Govindaiah, G ^a   Cox, Charles L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPIKE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; ACTION POTENTIAL AMPLITUDE; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; BRAIN REGION; CALCIUM CURRENT; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CONNECTOME; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; THALAMUS RETICULAR NUCLEUS; THALAMUS RETICULAR NUCLEUS NERVE CELL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; INTRALAMINAR THALAMIC NUCLEI; KINETICS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 34347212174     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2007.134254     Document Type: Article

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