Areal extent quantification of functional representations using intrinsic signal optical imaging

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-37

  Chen Bee, Cynthia H ^a   Kwon, Michael C ^a   Masino, Susan A ^a   Frostig, Ron D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrel; Intrinsic signal; Optical imaging; Rat somatosensory cortex; Vibrissa; Whisker

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL DETECTION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VIBRISSA;

EID: 0030245755     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-0270(96)00056-8     Document Type: Article

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