The barrel cortex - Integrating molecular, cellular and systems physiology

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 447, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 126-134

  Petersen, Carl C H ^a  

^a Laboratory of Sensory Processing   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Neocortex; Neuronal networks; Plasticity; Sensory response; Somatosensory cortex; Synaptic mechanisms; Whiskers

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SENSATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 0842265701     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00424-003-1167-z     Document Type: Review

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