Transformation from temporal to rate coding in a somatosensory thalamocortical pathway

Nature

Volumn 406, Issue 6793, 2000, Pages 302-306

  Ahlssar, Ehud ^a   Sosnik, Ronen ^a   Haldarilu, Sebastian ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEDIAL LEMNISCUS; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPIKE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; TIME; TOUCH; VIBRISSA;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMUS; VIBRISSAE;

LEMNISCUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0034691534     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35018568     Document Type: Article

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