Information processing streams in rodent barrel cortex: The differential functions of barrel and septal circuits

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 979-989

  Alloway, Kevin D ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Columnar organization; Rate coding; Sensorimotor integration; Spatial coding; Temporal coding; Whisking behavior

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RODENT; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; SENSORY NERVE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VIBRISSA; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; INNERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; RODENTIA; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 44849088096     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhm138     Document Type: Review

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