Conditional cross-correlation analysis of thalamocortical neurotransmission

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 135, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 191-196

  Alloway, K D ^a   Roy, S A ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross correlation; Secondary somatosensory (SII) cortex; Synchronous; Thalamic ventrobasal complex; Thalamocortical efficacy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CAT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SKIN STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SPIKE; TARGET CELL; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENICULATE BODIES; HAPLORHINI; MICROELECTRODES; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; SKIN; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0037145109     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(02)00165-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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