Somatotopic organization of rat thalamocortical slices

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 15-21

  Land, Peter W ^a   Kandler, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrels; Cortex; In vitro slice; Thalamus; Topography; Vibrissae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH RECORDING; CHEMICAL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPSE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMUS; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 0037106997     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(02)00150-4     Document Type: Article

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