The RULER model. Is this how the somatosensory cortex works?

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 110, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1987-1994

  McComas, Alan J ^a   Cupido, Cynthia M ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apical dendrites; Consciousness; Cortical circuitry; Neocortex; Somatosensory cortex; Touch

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

ATTENTION; DENDRITES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEOCORTEX; NEURONS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 0032855091     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-2457(99)00067-X     Document Type: Article

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