Thalamic gap junctions control local neuronal synchrony and influence macroscopic oscillation amplitude during EEG alpha rhythms

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue AUG, 2011, Pages

  Hughes, Stuart W ^a   Lorincz, Magor L ^a,d   Blethyn, Kate ^a   Kékesi, Katalin A ^b   Juhász, Gábor ^b   Turmaine, Mark ^c   Parnavelas, John G ^c   Crunelli, Vincenzo ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Alpha rhythms; EEG; Electrical synapse; GAP junctions; Metabotropic glutamate receptor

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867079135     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00193     Document Type: Article

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