Altered olivocerebellar activity patterns in the connexin36 knockout mouse

Cerebellum

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 287-299

  Marshall, Sarah P ^a   Van Der Giessen, Ruben S ^b   De Zeeuw, Chris I ^b   Lang, Eric J ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Connexion; Multielectrode; Oscillation; Synchrony

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 36; DYE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZEBRIN II;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CEREBELLUM; CLIMBING FIBER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; GAP JUNCTION; INFERIOR OLIVE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PURKINJE CELL; SPIKE WAVE; STAINING;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BIOTIN; CEREBELLUM; CONNEXINS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEXTRANS; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FLUORESCENT DYES; GAP JUNCTIONS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PURKINJE CELLS;

EID: 36549053131     PISSN: 14734222     EISSN: 14734230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14734220601100801     Document Type: Article

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