Cholinergic control of gamma power in the midbrain spatial attention network

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 761-775

  Bryant, Astra S ^a   Goddard, C Alex ^a   Huguenard, John R ^a   Knudsen, Eric I ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Attention; Gamma oscillations; Non 7 nicotinic receptor; Optic tectum; Superior colliculus

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2, 3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; ATROPINE; BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; CALCIUM CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE II; DIHYDRO BETA ERYTHROIDINE; IONOTROPIC RECEPTOR; MECAMYLAMINE; PARVALBUMIN; TETRODOTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; GAMMA RADIATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; SPECTROSCOPY; SPIKE WAVE; WHOLE CELL PATCH CLAMP; ANIMAL; ATTENTION; CELL CULTURE; CHICKEN; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CYTOLOGY; GAMMA RHYTHM; GENETICS; MESENCEPHALON; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICKENS; CHOLINERGIC NEURONS; FEMALE; GAMMA RHYTHM; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC;

EID: 84920964410     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4001-14.2015     Document Type: Article

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