Thalamic model of awake alpha oscillations and implications for stimulus processing

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 45, 2012, Pages 18553-18558

  Vijayan, Sujith ^a   Kopell, Nancy J ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 1; MUSCARINIC AGENT; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; POTASSIUM;

ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CELL POPULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; OSCILLATION; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS RETICULAR NUCLEUS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ALPHA RHYTHM; CHOLINE; GLUTAMATES; HUMANS; INTERNEURONS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RECEPTORS, METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE; THALAMUS; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 84868563947     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1215385109     Document Type: Article

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