A new thalamic pathway of vibrissal information modulated by the motor cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 45, 2007, Pages 12407-12412

  Urbain, Nadia ^a   Deschênes, Martin ^a  

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

Author keywords

Barreloids; Barrels; Parallel pathways; Trigeminothalamic; Vibrissa; Whisking

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM INJURY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTIVE FIELD; THALAMUS; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS; VIBRISSA;

ANIMALS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; THALAMUS; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 36049023697     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2914-07.2007     Document Type: Article

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