High responsiveness and direction sensitivity of neurons in the rat thalamic reticular nucleus to vibrissa deflections

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 2791-2801

  Hartings, Jed A ^a   Temereanca, Simona ^a   Simons, Daniel J ^a  

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

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CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; VIBRISSA;

EID: 0034033020     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.2000.83.5.2791     Document Type: Article

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