Single- and multi-whisker channels in the ascending projections from the principal trigeminal nucleus in the rat

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 5085-5095

  Veinante, Pierre ^a   Deschênes, Martin ^a  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DE L INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EN SANTÉ MENTALE DE QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Barrel system; Posterior group nuclei; Principal trigeminal nucleus; Superior colliculus; Trigeminothalamic afferents; Vibrissa

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRETECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTIVE FIELD; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS; TRIGEMINUS GANGLION; VIBRISSA; ZONA INCERTA;

EID: 0345620781     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-12-05085.1999     Document Type: Article

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