Brain Stimulation: Feeling the Buzz

Current Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Reppas, John B ^a   Newsome, William T ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; BRAIN; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MACACA; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SENSATION; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BRAIN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MACACA MULATTA; SENSATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 34247844499     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.03.038     Document Type: Short Survey

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