Angular Tuning and Velocity Sensitivity in Different Neuron Classes Within Layer 4 of Rat Barrel Cortex

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 223-229

  Lee, Soo Hyun ^a   Simons, Daniel J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RAT; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPIKE; THALAMUS; VELOCITY; VIBRISSA;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; NERVE NET; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TIME FACTORS; VIBRATION; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 0347717978     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00541.2003     Document Type: Article

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