Cortical and collicular inputs to cells in the rat paralaminar thalamic nuclei adjacent to the medial geniculate body

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 681-695

  Smith, Philip H ^a,c   Bartlett, Edward L ^b   Kowalkowski, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CALCIUM CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MEDIAL GENICULATE BODY; MICROSCOPY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; BIOTIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; INFERIOR COLLICULI; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; QUINOXALINES; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REACTION TIME; SUPERIOR COLLICULI; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMIC NUCLEI; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34547771660     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00235.2007     Document Type: Article

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