Synaptic properties of the mammillary and cortical afferents to the anterodorsal thalamic nucleus in the mouse

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 7815-7819

  Petrof, Iraklis ^a   Sherman, S Murray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAVOPROTEIN; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE IMAGING; BRAIN SLICE; CAPSULA INTERNA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTERIOR THALAMIC NUCLEI; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DIOXOLANES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRON-TRANSFERRING FLAVOPROTEINS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHOSPHINIC ACIDS; PURINES; PYRIDAZINES; SYNAPSES;

EID: 67449123094     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1564-09.2009     Document Type: Article

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