Optogenetic Stimulation of the Corticothalamic Pathway Affects Relay Cells and GABAergic Neurons Differently in the Mouse Visual Thalamus

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Jurgens, Chris W D ^a   Bell, Karen A ^a   McQuiston, A Rory ^a   Guido, William ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LIGAND GATED ION CHANNEL; LIGAND GATED ION CHANNEL CHIEF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMPLITUDE MODULATOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTHALAMIC TRACT; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; INTERNEURON; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NERVE TRACT; NEUROFEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; DEPENDOVIRUS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MICE; NEURONS; OPTOGENETICS; THALAMUS;

ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUS;

EID: 84866678042     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045717     Document Type: Article

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