Parallel Thalamic Pathways for Whisking and Touch Signals in the Rat

PLoS Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Yu, Chunxiu ^a   Derdikman, Dori ^a   Haidarliu, Sebastian ^a   Ahissar, Ehud ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; STIMULATION; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; TOUCH; VIBRISSA; WISTAR RAT;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; MALE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; THALAMIC NUCLEI; TOUCH; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 33646429267     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040124     Document Type: Article

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