The role of the thalamus in the flow of information to the cortex

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 357, Issue 1428, 2002, Pages 1695-1708

  Sherman, S Murray ^a   Guillery, R W ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bursts; Corticothalamic; Drivers; Modulators; Pulvinar

Indexed keywords

NEUROLOGY;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0037196087     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2002.1161     Document Type: Conference Paper

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