Whisker movements evoked by stimulation of single pyramidal cells in rat motor cortex

Nature

Volumn 427, Issue 6976, 2004, Pages 704-710

  Brecht, Michael ^a   Schneider, Miriam ^a   Sakmann, Bert ^a   Margie, Troy W ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CORRELATION THEORY;

PYRAMIDS; WHISKER MOVEMENTS;

NEUROLOGY;

NEUROLOGY;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STIMULATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVOKED RESPONSE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; VIBRISSA; WAKEFULNESS; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALIA;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VIBRISSAE; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 1442329704     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02266     Document Type: Article

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