Organization of rat vibrissa motor cortex and adjacent areas according to cytoarchitectonics, microstimulation, and intracellular stimulation of identified cells

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 479, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 360-373

  Brecht, Michael ^a,b   Krauss, Andreas ^a   Muhammad, Sajjad ^a   Sinai Esfahani, Laleh ^a   Bellanca, Sebastiano ^a   Margrie, Troy W ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Frontal cortex; Motor maps; Whisker

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY SURFACE; CELL STIMULATION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CYTOARCHITECTURE; EYE MOVEMENT; FRONTAL CORTEX; HEAD MOVEMENT; MOTOR CORTEX; MYELINATION; NONHUMAN; NOSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VIBRISSA;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL SHAPE; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EYE MOVEMENTS; GYRUS CINGULI; LYSINE; MECHANORECEPTORS; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; TOUCH; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 7544228266     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20306     Document Type: Article

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