Evidence for electrical synapses between neurons of the nucleus reticularis thalami in the adult brain in vitro

Thalamus and Related Systems

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-20

  Blethyn, Kate L ^a   Hughes, Stuart W ^a   Crunelli, Vincenzo ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Connexin36; EEG rhythms; Gap junctions; mGluRs; Sleep spindles

Indexed keywords

1 AMINO 1,3 CYCLOPENTANEDICARBOXYLIC ACID; 3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLETHYLENE GLYCOL; CONNEXIN 36; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR AGONIST;

AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SLICE; CAT; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; LATERAL RETICULAR NUCLEUS; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; SPIKE WAVE; STEREOTYPY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME; WAVEFORM;

EID: 49949085424     PISSN: 14729288     EISSN: 17448107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1472928807000325     Document Type: Article

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