Analysis of variance study of the rat cortical layer 4 barrel and layer 5b neurones

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 539, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 511-522

  Ito, Muneyuki ^a,b   Kato, Miyuki ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b Nijigaoka Garden 2 304 ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HISTOGRAM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SENSORY STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPIKE; VIBRISSA; ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BRAIN CORTEX LAYER; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CORTEX LAYER 5B; CORTEX LAYER IV; EVOKED RESPONSE; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; MALE; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 0036521884     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2001.013004     Document Type: Article

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