Functional subregions in primary auditory cortex defined by thalamocortical terminal arbors: An electrophysiological and anterograde labeling study

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 308-316

  Velenovsky, David S ^a   Cetas, Justin S ^a   Price, Robin O ^a   Sinex, Donal G ^b   McMullen, Nathaniel T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Audition; Frequency map; Medial geniculate body; Neocortex; Patches; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

AMINE; DEXTRAN; TUNGSTEN;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FREQUENCY MODULATION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INJECTION; LATENT PERIOD; MEDIAL GENICULATE BODY; MICROELECTRODE; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SENSORY NERVE; STUDY; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT;

EID: 0037221321     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-01-00308.2003     Document Type: Article

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