Spatiotemporal Effects of Microstimulation in Rat Neocortex: A Parametric Study Using Multielectrode Recordings

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 3024-3039

  Butovas, Sergejus ^a   Schwarz, Cornelius ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIDROMIC STIMULATION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CELL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; FEMALE; MALE; NEOCORTEX; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0242425685     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00245.2003     Document Type: Article

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