Multisensory responses and receptive field properties of neurons in the substantia nigra and in the caudate nucleus

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 419-424

  Nagy, Attila ^a   Paróczy, Zsuzsanna ^a   Norita, Masao ^b   Benedek, György ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Auditory; Cat; Caudate nucleus; Somatosensory; Substantia nigra; Visual

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BASAL GANGLION; CAT; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CATS; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; FEMALE; MALE; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 23244443907     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.04211.x     Document Type: Article

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