Spatial gradients and inhibitory summation in the rat whisker barrel system

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 130-140

  Brumberg, Joshua C ^a   Pinto, David J ^a   Simons, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPATIAL SUMMATION; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; VIBRISSA;

EID: 0029898406     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.76.1.130     Document Type: Article

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