Convergence of cortical and sensory driver inputs on single thalamocortical cells

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3167-3179

  Groh, Alexander ^a   Bokor, Hajnalka ^b   Mease, Rebecca A ^a   Plattner, Viktor M ^b   Hangya, Balázs ^b   Stroh, Albrecht ^a,c   Deschenes, Martin ^d   Acsády, László ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DE L INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EN SANTÉ MENTALE DE QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Layer 5B; Posterior medial nucleus; Relay; Somatosensory; Supralinear; Top down processing; Trigeminal

Indexed keywords

VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 2; BIOTIN; BIOTINYLATED DEXTRAN AMINE; CHANNELRHODOPSIN 2, MOUSE; DEXTRAN; LEUKOAGGLUTININS, PLANTS; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; RHODOPSIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPTOGENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SENSORY CORTEX; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY STIMULATION; SINGLE THALAMOCORTICAL CELL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; THALAMUS POSTERIOR NUCLEUS; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; BRAIN CORTEX; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NERVE TRACT; PATCH CLAMP TECHNIQUE; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPSE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BIOTIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DEXTRANS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RHODOPSIN; SYNAPSES; THALAMUS; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 2;

EID: 84901067555     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bht173     Document Type: Article

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