Cortico-thalamic interactions in response to whisker stimulation in a computer model of the rat barrel system

Neurocomputing

Volumn 26-27, Issue , 1999, Pages 809-822

  Moxon, K A ^a   Chapin, J K ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Neuronal networks; Population response; Receptive fields; Somatosensory system; Thalamocortical system

Indexed keywords

CELLS; FUNCTIONAL NEURAL STIMULATION; NEURAL NETWORKS; SENSORY FEEDBACK;

NEURONAL NETWORKS; POPULATION RESPONSE; RECEPTIVE FIELDS; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; THALAMOCORTICAL SYSTEM;

NEUROPHYSIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; COMPUTER MODEL; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; STIMULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS; VIBRISSA;

EID: 0032833352     PISSN: 09252312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-2312(98)00151-9     Document Type: Article

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