Functional connectivity and cholinergic modulation in auditory cortex

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2058-2063

  Metherate, Raju ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Frequency receptive field; Intracellular; Intracortical; Muscarinic; Nicotinic; Spectral integration; Synapse; Thalamocortical

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE;

AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY SYSTEM FUNCTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CHOLINERGIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; HUMAN; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY AUDITORY CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; CHOLINERGIC AGONISTS; CHOLINERGIC ANTAGONISTS; CHOLINERGIC NEURONS; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; THALAMUS;

EID: 80053636928     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2010.11.010     Document Type: Review

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