The mysterious microcircuitry of the cerebellar nuclei

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 589, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 3441-3457

  Uusisaari, Marylka ^a   de Schutter, Erik ^a,b  

^a OKINAWA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN FUNCTION; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CEREBELLUM NUCLEUS; EVOKED RESPONSE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MOTOR CONTROL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE TRACT; NONHUMAN; OLIVOCORTICONUCLEOOLIVARY PATHWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CEREBELLAR CORTEX; CEREBELLAR NUCLEI; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PURKINJE CELLS; SYNAPTIC POTENTIALS;

EID: 79960377458     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2010.201582     Document Type: Article

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