Mechanisms Underlying Desynchronization of Cholinergic-Evoked Thalamic Network Activity

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 43, 2014, Pages 14463-14474

  Pita Almenar, Juan Diego ^a   Yu, Dinghui ^b,c   Lu, Hui Chen ^b,c   Beierlein, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal forebrain; Channelrhodopsin; Lateral inhibition; Oscillation; T type calcium channel; Thalamocortical

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; 6 NITRO 7 SULFAMOYLBENZO [F] QUINOXALINE 2, 3 DIONE; CHLORIDE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; OTENZEPAD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CELL ATTACHED PATCH CLAMP; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESYNCHRONIZATION; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; BRAIN CORTEX; C57BL MOUSE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY PHASE SYNCHRONIZATION; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHOLINERGIC NEURONS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY PHASE SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE NET; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; THALAMUS;

EID: 84908065778     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2321-14.2014     Document Type: Article

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