Vibrissa myoclonus (rhythmic retractions) driven by resonance of excitatory networks in motor cortex

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1691-1698

  Castro Alamancos, Manuel A ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MYOCLONUS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE; TREMOR; VIBRISSA;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NEURONS; MYOCLONUS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PERIODICITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 33749521716     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00454.2006     Document Type: Article

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