Rate code and temporal code for frequency of whisker stimulation in rat primary and secondary somatic sensory cortex

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 172, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 370-386

  Melzer, Peter ^a   Champney, Gregory C ^a   Maguire, Mark J ^a   Ebner, Ford F ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrel; S1 and S2 cortex; Single units; Stimulus frequency; Vibrissa

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FACE; FEMALE; IMAGING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VIBRISSA;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; NEURONS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REACTION TIME; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME FACTORS; TOUCH; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 33745031277     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-005-0334-1     Document Type: Article

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