The Matrix: A new tool for probing the whisker-to-barrel system with natural stimuli

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 65-74

  Jacob, Vincent ^a   Estebanez, Luc ^a,c   Le Cam, Julie ^a   Tiercelin, Jean Yves ^b   Parra, Patrick ^b   Parésys, Gérard ^c   Shulz, Daniel E ^a  

^a Unite de Neurosciences Integratives et Computationnelles   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Barrel cortex; Multi whisker stimulation; Natural stimuli; Sensory processing; Somatosensory; Stimulator; Tactile

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; VIBRATION; VIBRISSA;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; ELECTRONICS, MEDICAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ETHOLOGY; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TOUCH; TOUCH PERCEPTION; VIBRATION; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 77952553748     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2010.03.020     Document Type: Article

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