Angular tuning bias of vibrissa-responsive cells in the paralemniscal pathway

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 41, 2006, Pages 10548-10557

  Furuta, Takahiro ^a,b   Nakamura, Kouichi ^b,c   Deschenes, Martin ^a  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DE L INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EN SANTÉ MENTALE DE QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Interpolaris nucleus; Paralemniscal pathway; Trigeminal nuclei; Vibrissa; Vibrissal receptive field; Whisking

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANISOTROPY; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; KINEMATICS; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; RECEPTIVE FIELD; THALAMUS; TOPOGRAPHY; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; VIBRISSA;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEI; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 33749849410     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1746-06.2006     Document Type: Article

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