Frequency adaptation modulates spatial integration of sensory responses in the rat whisker system

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 3819-3824

  Higley, Michael J ^a   Contreras, Diego ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY STIMULATION; SENSORY SYSTEM; THALAMUS; VIBRISSA; ACTION POTENTIAL; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 34447338372     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00098.2007     Document Type: Article

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