Behavioural report of single neuron stimulation in somatosensory cortex

Nature

Volumn 451, Issue 7174, 2008, Pages 65-68

  Houweling, Arthur R ^a,b   Brecht, Michael ^a,b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NEUROLOGY;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MICROELECTRODE; NERVE CELL; NEUROSCIENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 38049002082     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06447     Document Type: Article

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