Relationship between physiological response type (RA and SA) and vibrissal receptive field of neurons within the rat trigeminal ganglion

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 3129-3145

  Leiser, Steven C ^a   Moxon, Karen A ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAPID ADAPTING RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR; SLOW ADAPTING RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; FACE; INNERVATION; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RECORDING; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SENSORY RECEPTOR; SENSORY STIMULATION; TRIGEMINUS GANGLION; VIBRISSA;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL COUNT; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REACTION TIME; TRIGEMINAL GANGLION; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 33646188741     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00157.2005     Document Type: Article

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