Thalamic control of layer 1 circuits in prefrontal cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 49, 2012, Pages 17813-17823

  Cruikshank, Scott J ^a   Ahmed, Omar J ^a   Stevens, Tanya R ^a   Patrick, Saundra L ^a   Gonzalez, Amalia N ^a   Elmaleh, Margot ^a   Connors, Barry W ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RHODOPSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTERNEURON; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SPIKE; STIMULATION; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; INTERNEURONS; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OPTOGENETICS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; THALAMUS;

EID: 84870498047     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3231-12.2012     Document Type: Article

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