Bilaterally propagating waves of spontaneous activity arising from discrete pacemakers in the neonatal mouse cerebral cortex

Developmental Neurobiology

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 407-414

  Lischalk, Jonathan W ^a   Easton, Curtis R ^a   Moody, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Pacemaker; Spontaneous activity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; FETUS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE; WAVEFORM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MICE; NERVE NET; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; REACTION TIME;

EID: 66249102990     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: 10974695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.20708     Document Type: Article

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