Attention-related, cross-modality modulation of somatosensory neurons in primate ventrobasal (VB) thalamus

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 133-144

  Morrow, Thomas J ^a   Casey, Kenneth L ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Monkey; Sensory modulation; Single unit recording; Somatosensory; Ventrobasal thalamus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MONKEY; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0034038394     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08990220050020553     Document Type: Article

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