Thalamocortical and corticocortical interactions in the somatosensory system

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 130, Issue , 2001, Pages 89-110

  Nicolelis, Miguel A L ^a,b,c   Shuler, Marshall ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BRAIN CELL; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; TOUCH; VIBRISSA; ANIMAL; BRAIN CORTEX; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS; TOUCH; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 0035229143     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(01)30008-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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