Effect of representational borders on responses of supragranular neurons in rat somatosensory cortex

Brain Research

Volumn 985, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 108-111

  Burns, Sally A ^a   Hickmott, Peter W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Field potential; Forepaw; Rat; Somatosensory cortex; Somatotopic map; Supragranular layer

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; GRANULAR CELL; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 0142122197     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(03)03153-6     Document Type: Article

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