Enhanced NMDA receptor-dependent thalamic excitation and network oscillations in stargazer mice

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 32, 2012, Pages 11067-11081

  Lacey, Carolyn J ^a   Bryant, Astra ^a   Brill, Julia ^a   Huguenard, John R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EPILEPSY; EXCITATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PATCH CLAMP; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS; THALAMUS RETICULAR NUCLEUS; TOMOGRAPHY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICAL PROCESSES; CALCIUM CHANNELS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUTAMATES; INDOLES; MALE; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; NERVE NET; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; QUINOXALINES; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SYNAPSES; THALAMIC NUCLEI; TIME FACTORS; VALINE; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 1;

EID: 84864858855     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5604-11.2012     Document Type: Article

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