The state of somatosensory cortex during neuromodulation

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1010-1024

  Favero, Morgana ^a   Varghese, Gladis ^a   Castro Alamancos, Manuel A ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Norepinephrine; Slow oscillation; Thalamocortical slice; Thalamus; Up and Down states

Indexed keywords

MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HYPERPOLARIZATION; LATENT PERIOD; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; MICE; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RECEPTORS, NEUROTRANSMITTER; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84865082388     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00256.2012     Document Type: Article

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