Motor Cortex Gates Vibrissal Responses in a Thalamocortical Projection Pathway

Neuron

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 714-725

  Urbain, Nadia ^a   Deschênes, Martin ^a  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DE L INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EN SANTÉ MENTALE DE QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

SYSNEURO

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY SYSTEM; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; VIBRISSA; ZONA INCERTA;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AXONS; BIOTIN; DENDRITES; DEXTRANS; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; POSTERIOR THALAMIC NUCLEI; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SUBTHALAMUS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TOUCH; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 36048942370     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2007.10.023     Document Type: Article

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