Effects of cortical activation on sensory responses in barrel cortex

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1495-1505

  Hirata, Akio ^a   Castro Alamancos, Manuel A ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arousal; Cholinergic and noradrenergic thalamic stimulation; Desynchronized; Somatosensory; Whisker

Indexed keywords

CARBACHOL; NORADRENALIN; URETHAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN STEM; CHOLINERGIC STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NEOCORTEX; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETICULAR FORMATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMUS; VIBRISSA;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOLINERGIC AGONISTS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEOCORTEX; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETICULAR FORMATION; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; THALAMUS; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 79955156319     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01085.2010     Document Type: Article

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