Dynamic shifting in thalamocortical processing during different behavioural states

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 357, Issue 1428, 2002, Pages 1753-1758

  Nicolelis, Miguel A L ^a   Fanselow, Erika E ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortex; Somatosensory; Thalamocortical loop; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN CORTEX; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REVIEW; THALAMUS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CEREBRAL CORTEX; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RATS; THALAMUS;

EID: 0038517273     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2002.1175     Document Type: Article

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