Intrinsic optical imaging of directional selectivity in rat barrel cortex: Application of a multidirectional magnetic whisker stimulator

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 80-83

  Tsytsarev, Vassiliy ^a,b   Pope, Daniel ^a   Pumbo, Elena ^a   Garver, Wayne ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrel field; Directional selectivity; Intrinsic optical signal; Optical imaging; Rat; Somatosensory cortex; Whiskers

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED RESPONSE; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; MAGNET; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; VIBRISSA;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; ELECTRONICS, MEDICAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LIGHT; MAGNETICS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TOUCH; TOUCH PERCEPTION; VIBRISSAE; VOLTAGE-SENSITIVE DYE IMAGING;

EID: 77952541656     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2010.03.010     Document Type: Article

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