Effects of systemically administered cocaine on sensory responses to peri-threshold vibrissae stimulation: Individual cells, ensemble activity, and animal behaviour

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 3205-3216

  Rutter, John J ^a   Devilbiss, David M ^b   Waterhouse, Barry D ^c  

^a TRUMAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Neuron; Neuronal ensemble activity; Principal component analysis; Sensory information processing; Single unit recording; Somatosensory thalamus

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY STIMULATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; THALAMUS POSTERIOR NUCLEUS; VIBRISSA;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COCAINE; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; NEURONS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; THALAMUS; TIME FACTORS; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 29344470257     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.04500.x     Document Type: Article

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