Thalamocortical oscillations: Local control of EEG slow waves

Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 11, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 2457-2471

  Timofeev, Igor ^a   Chauvette, Sylvain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Sleep; Slow oscillation; Slow wave sleep; States of vigilance; Thalamocortical

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; INTERNEURON; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REM SLEEP; REVIEW; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; THALAMUS RETICULAR NUCLEUS;

EID: 80053535461     PISSN: 15680266     EISSN: 18734294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/156802611797470376     Document Type: Review

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