The thalamic reticular nucleus and schizophrenia

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 306-315

  Ferrarelli, Fabio ^a,b   Tononi, Giulio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

attention regulation; auditory sensory gating; GABA; sleep spindles

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; CLOZAPINE; HALOPERIDOL;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN STEM; CELL NUCLEUS; CHRONIC PATIENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DELUSION; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FOREBRAIN; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; MENTAL PATIENT; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; NONREM SLEEP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SENSORY GATING; SLEEP SPINDLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS RETICULAR NUCLEUS;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; NERVE NET; RECEPTORS, GABA; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SENSORY GATING; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SLEEP STAGES; THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 79952167906     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: 17451701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbq142     Document Type: Article

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