Cortical modulation of dorsal column nuclei: A computational study

Journal of Computational Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-33

  Sánchez, Eduardo ^a   Barro, Senn ^a   Mariño, Jorge ^b   Canedo, Antonio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cortical modulation; Cuneate nucleus; Cutaneous transmission; Sensorimotor cortex; Sleep rhythms

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION FILTERING; SLEEP RESEARCH;

COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; CONDITION; CORTICAL MODULATION; CUNEATE NUCLEUS; CUTANEOUS TRANSMISSION; DORSAL COLUMN NUCLEI; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SLEEP RHYTHM; SYNAPTIC PARAMETERS;

MODULATION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH RECORDING; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CAT; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUNEATE NUCLEUS; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; FILTRATION; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SYNAPSE; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 33745866939     PISSN: 09295313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10827-006-7058-5     Document Type: Article

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