Single-cell correlates of a representational boundary in rat somatosensory cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 4403-4416

  Hickmott, Peter W ^a   Merzenich, Michael M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortical slices; Forepaw; Horizontal connections; Lower jaw; Representational boundary; Somatosensory cortex; Whole cell recording

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; FOREFOOT; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; MANDIBLE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 0032100669     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-11-04403.1998     Document Type: Article

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