Superior colliculus cells sensitive to active touch and texture during whisking

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 332-346

  Bezdudnaya, Tatiana ^a   Castro Alamancos, Manuel A ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrel ortex; Movement; Sensory processing; Thalamus; Vibrissa; Whisker

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADAPTATION; AIR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; LATENT PERIOD; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSITIZATION; SENSORY STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TOUCH; VIBRISSA; WHISKING MOVEMENT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SUPERIOR COLLICULI; TOUCH; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 79959993175     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00072.2011     Document Type: Article

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