Encoding of tactile stimulus location by somatosensory thalamocortical ensembles

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 3761-3775

  Ghazanfar, Asif A ^a,b   Stambaugh, Christopher R ^a   Nicolelis, Miguel A L ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrel cortex; Multi electrode; Population coding; Primary somatosensory cortex; Temporal code; Ventral posterior medial nucleus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NUCLEUS; FEMALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; TRIGEMINUS GANGLION; VIBRISSA;

EID: 0034657110     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-10-03761.2000     Document Type: Article

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