Spatial segregation of different modes of movement control in the whisker representation of rat primary motor cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1579-1587

  Haiss, Florent ^a   Schwarz, Cornelius ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain map; Central pattern generator; Intracortical microstimulation; Motor cortex; Somatotopy; Vibrissas; Whisking

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR CORTEX; NONHUMAN; PATTERN GENERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VIBRISSA;

EID: 13844281961     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3760-04.2005     Document Type: Article

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