Characteristics of synaptic connections between rodent primary somatosensory and motor cortices

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 28, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 63-72

  Rocco Donovan, Mary ^a   Ramos, Raddy L ^b,c   Giraldo, Sandra ^b   Brumberg, Joshua C ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrel cortex; cortico cortical connections; EPSPs; feedback; feedforward; motor cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CYTOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; IN VITRO STUDY; MOTOR CORTEX; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPSE; VIBRISSA;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; MICE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPSES; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 84855395760     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: 13691651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08990220.2011.606660     Document Type: Article

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