Coding of deflection velocity and amplitude by whisker primary afferent neurons: Implications for higher level processing

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 171-180

  Shoykhet, Michael ^a   Doherty, Donald ^a   Simons, Daniel J ^a  

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

Author keywords

Barrels; Cortex; Thalamus; Trigeminal ganglion; Vibrissa

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS; VELOCITY; VIBRISSA;

EID: 0034035347     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08990220050020580     Document Type: Article

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