Thalamo-cortical communication, glutamatergic neurotransmission and neural oscillations: A unique window into the origins of ScZ?

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 180, Issue , 2017, Pages 4-12

  Pratt, Judith ^a   Dawson, Neil ^b   Morris, Brain J ^c   Grent 't Jong, Tineke ^c   Roux, Frederic ^d   Uhlhaas, Peter J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glutamate; Neural oscillations; NMDA receptors; Schizophrenia; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; KETAMINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ARTICLE; COGNITION; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GLUTAMATERGIC SYNAPSE; HUMAN; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRECLINICAL STUDY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS; ANIMAL; BRAIN CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; METABOLISM; NERVE TRACT; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN WAVES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS;

EID: 85006483213     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: 15732509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2016.05.013     Document Type: Article

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