Activation of the primary motor cortex by somatosensory stimulation in adult rats is mediated mainly by associational connections from the somatosensory cortex

Neuroscience

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 353-361

  Farkas, T ^a,b   Kis, Zs ^b   Toldi, J ^b   Wolff, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Associational connections; Motor cortex; Neurobiotin; Somatosensory cortex; Unit activity; Whisker pad stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION CORTEX; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MOTOR CORTEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURONS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 0032949693     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(98)00451-5     Document Type: Article

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