Synaptic Interactions between Thalamic and Cortical Inputs onto Cortical Neurons in Vivo

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1990-1998

  Fuentealba, Pablo ^a   Crochet, Sylvain ^a   Timofeev, Igor ^a   Steriade, Mircea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN SLICE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACILITATION; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; ION CURRENT; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; VISUAL CORTEX;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BIOFEEDBACK (PSYCHOLOGY); CATS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; KINETICS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; SYNAPSES; THALAMUS;

EID: 3543028020     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01105.2003     Document Type: Article

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