Functional plasticity in the interposito-thalamo-cortical pathway during conditioning. Role of the interstimulus interval

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 314-327

  Pananceau, Marc ^a   Rispal Padel, Lucie ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Cat; Conditioning; Field potentials; Interstimulus interval; Motor responses

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CONDITIONING; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FACILITATION; INTERPOSITUS NUCLEUS; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT;

EID: 0034108976     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002219900290     Document Type: Article

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