Thalamocortical dynamics of sleep: Roles of purinergic neuromodulation

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 245-251

  Halassa, Michael M ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenosine; Astrocytes; ATP; Memory; Oscillations; Sleep; Thalamocortical circuitry

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE RECEPTOR; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PURINERGIC RECEPTOR;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ALERTNESS; AROUSAL; ASTROCYTE; COGNITION; DYNAMICS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NEUROMODULATION; OSCILLATION; PERCEPTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SLEEP; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THINKING;

EID: 79953176961     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2011.02.008     Document Type: Review

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