Distributions of single neurons related to body parts in the lateral striatum of the rat

Brain Research

Volumn 756, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 241-246

  Cho, Jeiwon ^a   West, Mark O ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Putamen; Rat; Single unit recording; Somatotopy; Striatum

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CORPUS STRIATUM; ELECTRODE; FACE; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; MALE; NECK; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CORPUS STRIATUM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; MALE; MOUTH; NECK; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS;

EID: 0030904527     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00143-1     Document Type: Article

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