Sensory loss by selected whisker removal produces immediate disinhibition in the somatosensory cortex of behaving rats

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 9117-9125

  Kathleen Kelly, M ^a   Carvell, George E ^b   Kodger, Judith M ^a   Simons, Daniel J ^c  

^a Department of Physical Therapy School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Active touch; Barrel; EMG; Inhibition; Plasticity; Sensory deprivation; Tactile behavior; Whiskers

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FACILITATION; FEMALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPIKE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS; VIBRISSA;

EID: 0033570368     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-20-09117.1999     Document Type: Article

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