The thalamocortical network as a single slow wave-generating unit

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 31, Issue , 2015, Pages 72-80

  Crunelli, Vincenzo ^a   David, Francois ^a   Lorincz, Magor L ^b   Hughes, Stuart W ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^c VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ANESTHESIA; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SLICE; BRAIN STEM; CELL POPULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SLEEP PATTERN; SLOW BRAIN WAVE; THALAMOCORTICAL NEURON; THALAMUS; ANIMAL; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN WAVES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; THALAMUS;

EID: 84907686087     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2014.09.001     Document Type: Review

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