Spread of stimulating current in the cortical grey matter of rat visual cortex studied on a new in vitro slice preparation

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 237-248

  Nowak, Lionel G ^a,b   Bullier, Jean ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conduction velocity; Cortitocortical connections; Intracortical microstimulation; Slice technique; Strength distance relationship

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0030220411     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-0270(96)00065-9     Document Type: Article

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