Nonlinear processing of tactile information in the thalamocortical loop

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 506-510

  Ghazanfar, Asif A ^a   Nicolelis, Miguel A L ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; VIBRISSA;

EID: 0030877658     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.78.1.506     Document Type: Article

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