Varying the degree of single-whisker stimulation differentially affects phases of intrinsic signals in rat barrel cortex

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 692-701

  Polley, Daniel B ^a,b   Chen Bee, Cynthia H ^a   Frostig, Ron D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BioSci II ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; VIBRISSA;

EID: 0032988654     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.81.2.692     Document Type: Article

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