Computational role of large receptive fields in the primary somatosensory cortex

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 268-280

  Foffani, Guglielmo ^a,b   Chapin, John K ^c   Moxon, Karen A ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL NACIONAL DE PARAPLÉJICOS   (Spain)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORELIMB; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROELECTRODE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TACTILE STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOLOGY; INNERVATION; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; STIMULATION; TOUCH; VIBRISSA;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FORELIMB; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; REACTION TIME; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TOUCH; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 53949096562     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01015.2007     Document Type: Article

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