Role of thalamocortical sensory suppression during arousal: Focusing sensory inputs in neocortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 9651-9655

  Castro Alamancos, Manuel A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Barrel cortex; Behavioral state; Receptive field; Sensory processing; Synaptic depression; Whisker

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; NEOCORTEX; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETICULAR FORMATION; SENSORY STIMULATION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS; VIBRISSA;

EID: 0037112202     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-22-09651.2002     Document Type: Article

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