The contribution of the principal and spinal trigeminal nuclei to the receptive field properties of thalamic VPM neurons in the rat

Journal of Neurocytology

Volumn 33, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 75-85

  Friedberg, Marc H ^a   Lee, Stefan M ^a   Ebner, Ford F ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KAINIC ACID; URETHAN;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EVOKED RESPONSE; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; RECEPTIVE FIELD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THALAMUS; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS; VIBRISSA;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REACTION TIME; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEI; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS, SPINAL; VENTRAL THALAMIC NUCLEI;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 3042824020     PISSN: 03004864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:NEUR.0000029649.28599.a5     Document Type: Article

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