Nonlinear Integration of Sensory Responses in the Rat Barrel Cortex: An Intracellular Study In Vivo

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 32, 2003, Pages 10190-10200

  Higley, Michael J ^a   Contreras, Diego ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticocortical; Disfacilitation; Sublinear; Suppression; Thalamocortical; Vibrissa (whisker)

Indexed keywords

BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HYPERPOLARIZATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY SYSTEM; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPSE; VIBRISSA;

EID: 0345255937     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-32-10190.2003     Document Type: Article

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