Specific and nonspecific thalamocortical connectivity in the auditory and somatosensory thalamocortical slices

NeuroReport

Volumn 21, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 861-864

  Theyel, Brian B ^a   Lee, Charles C ^a   Sherman, S Murray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

auditory; autofluorescence imaging; cortex; somatosensory; thalamus

Indexed keywords

FLAVOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM; AUTOFLUORESCENCE IMAGING; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN SLICE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FLAVOPROTEINS; FLUORESCENCE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMUS;

EID: 77955920810     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e32833d7cec     Document Type: Article

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