Developmental onset of functional activity in the wallaby whisker cortex in response to stimulation of the infraorbital nerve

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 198-206

  Mark, R F ^a   Flett, D L ^a   Marotte, L R ^a   Waite, P M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Barrel; Evoked potential; Marsupial; Somatosensory; Trigeminal; Vibrissae

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; INFRAORBITAL NERVE; KANGAROO; NERVE STIMULATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VIBRISSA;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; MACROPODIDAE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGY; ORBIT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 0036397340     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0899022021000009116     Document Type: Article

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