Long-term modulation of electrical synapses in the mammalian thalamus

Carole E Landisman1, Barry W Connors

  • 1Department of Neuroscience, Division of Biology and Medicine, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA. Carole_Landisman@hms.harvard.edu

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|December 17, 2005
PubMed

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