Functional connectivity of the secondary somatosensory cortex of the rat

Anatomical Record

Volumn 291, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 960-973

  Liao, Chia Chi ^a   Yen, Chen Tung ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Parallel; Primary somatosensory cortex; Serial; Ventral posterolateral thalamic nucleus

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; HISTOLOGY; INNERVATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLUORESCENT DYES; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; NEURONS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; RATS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 52049105679     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.20696     Document Type: Article

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