Modulation of receptive field properties of thalamic somatosensory neurons by the depth of anesthesia

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2243-2252

  Friedberg, Marc H ^a   Lee, Stefan M ^b   Ebner, Ford F ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HALOTHANE; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; URETHAN;

ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SENSORY NERVE; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; VIBRISSA;

EID: 0032982914     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.81.5.2243     Document Type: Article

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