Amplitude-dependency of response of SI cortex to flutter stimulation

BMC Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Simons, Stephen B ^a   Tannan, Vinay ^a   Chiu, Joannellyn ^a   Favorov, Oleg V ^a   Whitsel, Barry L ^b   Tommerdahl, Mark ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FORELIMB; HEMISPHERE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SKIN STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SQUIRREL MONKEY; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; TOUCH; VIBRATION;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SAIMIRI; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TOUCH; VIBRATION;

EID: 26444528062     PISSN: 14712202     EISSN: 14712202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2202-6-43     Document Type: Article

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