Novel modes of rhythmic burst firing at cognitively-relevant frequencies in thalamocortical neurons

Brain Research

Volumn 1235, Issue , 2008, Pages 12-20

  Hughes, Stuart W ^a   Errington, Adam ^a   Lorincz, Magor L ^a   Kékesi, Katalin A ^b   Juhász, Gábor ^b   Orbán, Gergely ^b   Cope, David W ^a   Crunelli, Vincenzo ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Cognition; EEG; Intralaminar nucleus; Lateral geniculate nucleus; Memory; Metabotropic glutamate receptor; Oscillations; Perception

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; CALCIUM; LARGE CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DEPOLARIZATION; IN VIVO STUDY; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SPIKE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; WAKEFULNESS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PERIODICITY; RECEPTORS, NEUROTRANSMITTER; THALAMUS;

EID: 52949104026     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2008.06.029     Document Type: Article

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