Activation of a cortical column by a thalamocortical impulse

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 17, 2002, Pages 7766-7773

  Swadlow, Harvey A ^a   Gusev, Alexander G ^a,b   Bezdudnaya, Tatiana ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^c SOUTHERN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Barrel; Cortical column; Current source density analysis; Somatosensory cortex; Synaptic depression; Thalamocortical synapse

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPIKE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0036759642     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-17-07766.2002     Document Type: Article

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