Contribution of supragranular layers to sensory processing and plasticity in adult rat barrel cortex

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 3261-3271

  Huang, Wei ^a   Armstrong James, Michael ^b   Rema, V ^a   Diamond, Mathew E ^c,d   Ebner, Ford F ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c SISSA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRANULE CELL; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY CORTEX; SENSORY SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; VIBRISSA;

EID: 0032416875     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.80.6.3261     Document Type: Article

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