The influence of single VB thalamocortical impulses on barrel columns of rabbit somatosensory cortex

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 2802-2813

  Swadlow, Harvey A ^a   Gusev, Alexander G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b BRAIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPIKE WAVE; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

EID: 0034072529     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.2000.83.5.2802     Document Type: Article

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