Stimulus frequency processing in awake rat barrel cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 47, 2006, Pages 12198-12205

  Melzer, Peter ^a   Sachdev, Robert N S ^a   Jenkinson, Ned ^a   Ebner, Ford F ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Excitation; Inhibition; Rat; Somatosensory cortex; Vibrissa

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPIKE WAVE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VIBRISSA; WAKEFULNESS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; MALE; NEURONS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REACTION TIME; VIBRISSAE; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 33751308624     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2620-06.2006     Document Type: Article

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