Origins of cortical layer V surround receptive fields in the rat barrel cortex

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 709-724

  Wright, Nicholas ^a   Fox, Kevin ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICUCULLINE METHOCHLORIDE; MUSCIMOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; IONTOPHORESIS; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; THALAMUS; VIBRISSA;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; NERVE NET; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TOUCH; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 76649117084     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00560.2009     Document Type: Article

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