Convergence of submodality-specific input onto neurons in primary somatosensory cortex

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1843-1853

  Pei, Yu Cheng ^a,b,c   Denchev, Peter V ^a   Hsiao, Steven S ^a,b   Craig, James C ^d   Bensmaia, Sliman J ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MACACA; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PACINI CORPUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SENSORY NERVE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPIKE; TACTILE STIMULATION; ULNAR NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; LINEAR MODELS; MACACA MULATTA; NEURONS; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 70349278421     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00235.2009     Document Type: Article

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