Gamma band activity in the reticular activating system

Frontiers in Neurology

Volumn JAN, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Urbano, Francisco J ^a   Kezunovic, Nebojsa ^b   Hyde, James ^b   Simon, Christen ^b   Beck, Paige ^b   Garcia Rill, Edgar ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE FISIOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Arousal; Calcium channels; Gamma b; Subthreshold oscillations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865839032     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2012.00006     Document Type: Article

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