Current flow in vibrissa motor cortex can phase-lock with exploratory rhythmic whisking in rat

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1700-1707

  Ahrens, Kurt F ^a,b   Kleinfeld, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROMYOGRAM; MOTION; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; VIBRISSA;

ANIMALS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PERIODICITY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 4143067045     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00020.2004     Document Type: Article

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