Intensity-dependent adaptation of cortical and thalamic neurons is controlled by brainstem circuits of the sensory pathway

Neuron

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 273-286

  Ganmor, Elad ^a   Katz, Yonatan ^a   Lampl, Ilan ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Sysneuro

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SENSORY STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS; TRIGEMINUS GANGLION; VIBRISSA;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; NERVE NET; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; SYNAPSES; THALAMUS; TRIGEMINAL GANGLION; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 77952359654     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2010.03.032     Document Type: Article

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