Genetic manipulation, whole-cell recordings and functional imaging of the sensorimotor cortex of behaving mice

Acta Physiologica

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 91-99

  Petersen, C C H ^a,b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b Laboratory of Sensory Processing   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Active sensory processing; Barrel cortex; Neocortex; Viral gene transduction; Voltage sensitive dye imaging; Whole cell recording

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENETICS; IMAGING; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOTOR CONTROL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; VIBRISSA; WHOLE CELL;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CEREBRAL CORTEX; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; VIBRISSAE; VOLTAGE-SENSITIVE DYE IMAGING;

EID: 57449083431     PISSN: 17481708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2008.01925.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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