Sensory and cortical activation of distinct glial cell subtypes in the somatosensory thalamus of young rats

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-40

  Parri, H Rheinallt ^a   Gould, Timothy M ^b   Crunelli, Vincenzo ^b  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

astrocyte; Ng2; OPC; vibrissae

Indexed keywords

METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 5; PROTEIN S100B; PROTEOCHONDROITIN SULFATE; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL INTERACTION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GLIA CELL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY STIMULATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE; THALAMUS; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 77954420600     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07281.x     Document Type: Article

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