Response properties of whisker-related neurons in rat second somatosensory cortex

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 2083-2092

  Kwegyir Afful, Ernest E ^a   Keller, Asaf ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LATENT PERIOD; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PARALEMNISCAL SYSTEM; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SECOND SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THALAMUS; VIBRISSA;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; KINETICS; NEURONS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 4644279661     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00262.2004     Document Type: Article

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