Synthesis of Multiwhisker-Receptive Fields in Subcortical Stations of the Vibrissa System

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1510-1515

  Timofeeva, Elena ^a   Lavallée, Philippe ^a   Arsenault, Dominique ^a   Deschênes, Martin ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MULTIWHISKER RECEPTIVE FIELD; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTIVE FIELD; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS; VIBRISSA;

ANIMALS; BIOTIN; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN STEM; CELL COUNT; DEXTRANS; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS, SPINAL; VENTRAL THALAMIC NUCLEI; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 1542720539     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01109.2003     Document Type: Article

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