Rapid optical imaging of whisker responses in the rat barrel cortex

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 113-122

  Dowling, Joshua L ^a   Henegar, Martin M ^a   Liu, Daqian ^a   Rovainen, Carl M ^a   Woolsey, Thomas A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrel cortex; Cortical mapping; Optical imaging; Vibrissa

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; IMAGING; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VIBRISSA; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0030176377     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-0270(96)00007-6     Document Type: Article

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