Laterodorsal nucleus of the thalamus: A processor of somatosensory inputs

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 507, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1979-1989

  Bezdudnaya, Tatiana ^a   Keller, Asaf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrel cortex; Limbic cortex; Rat; Spatial orientation; Trigeminal; Vibrissae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; LATENT PERIOD; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS; VIBRISSA; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; BRAIN MAPPING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HISTOLOGY; INNERVATION; LEARNING; MECHANORECEPTOR; NERVE FIBER; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STAINING; STIMULATION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS LATERAL NUCLEUS; TOUCH; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BIOCYTIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; LYSINE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; LATERAL THALAMIC NUCLEI; LEARNING; LYSINE; MECHANORECEPTORS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPACE PERCEPTION; STAINING AND LABELING; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TOUCH; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS, SPINAL; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 41149118510     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21664     Document Type: Article

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