Temporal modulation of spatial borders in rat barrel cortex

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 464-470

  Sheth, Bhavin R ^a   Moore, Christopher I ^a   Sur, Mriganka ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STIMULATION; VIBRISSA;

EID: 0031893278     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.79.1.464     Document Type: Article

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