Behavioral modulation of tactile responses in the rat somatosensory system

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 7603-7616

  Fanselow, Erika E ^a   Nicolelis, Miguel A L ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral context; Gating; Postexcitatory inhibition; Sensory motor integration; Somatosensory; Whisking; oscillations

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; IMMOBILIZATION; INFRAORBITAL NERVE; LATENT PERIOD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; TOUCH; VIBRISSA;

EID: 0033198214     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-17-07603.1999     Document Type: Article

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