Cellular mechanisms of suppressive interactions between somatosensory responses in vivo

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 647-658

  Higley, Michael J ^a   Contreras, Diego ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN STEM; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MALE; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TOUCH; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; VENTRAL THALAMIC NUCLEI; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 33846418809     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00777.2006     Document Type: Article

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