Properties of the thalamic projection from the posterior medial nucleus to primary and secondary somatosensory cortices in the mouse

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 44, 2011, Pages 18156-18161

  Viaene, Angela N ^a   Petrof, Iraklis ^a   Sherman, S Murray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrel cortex; Driver; Glutamatergic; Modulator; Synapse

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MOUSE; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; POSTERIOR MEDIAL NUCLEUS; PRIMARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMUS;

ANIMALS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMUS;

EID: 81055126238     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1114828108     Document Type: Article

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