Disruption of layer 4 development alters laminar processing in ferret somatosensory cortex

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1791-1803

  McLaughlin, Debra F ^a   Juliano, Sharon L ^a  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortical dysplasia; Cortical information processing; Current source density; MAM; Multiple unit activity; Neocortical layers

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT;

ANIMALS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; FERRETS; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE NET; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 26844464330     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhi056     Document Type: Article

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