Cortical modulation of spatial and angular tuning maps in the rat thalamus

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 167-179

  Li, Lu ^a   Ebner, Ford F ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Angular tuning; Attention; Barrel cortex; Corticofugal projections; Rat; VPM; Whiskers

Indexed keywords

URETHAN;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; MALE; MODULATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY CORTEX; THALAMUS; VENTRAL POSTERIOR MEDIAL NUCLEUS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEEDBACK; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SPACE PERCEPTION; THALAMUS; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 33846141793     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4165-06.2007     Document Type: Article

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