The origin of cortical surround receptive fields studied in the barrel cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 23, 2003, Pages 8380-8391

  Fox, Kevin ^a   Wright, Nicholas ^a   Wallace, Helen ^a,b   Glazewski, Stanislaw ^a,c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ALDER HEY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barrels; GABA; Muscimol; Rat; Sensory processing; Whiskers

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BICUCULLINE; MUSCIMOL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IONTOPHORESIS; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMUS; VIBRISSA;

EID: 0141744855     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-23-08380.2003     Document Type: Article

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