Dynamic changes of rodent somatosensory barrel cortex are correlated with learning a novel conditioned stimulus

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 109, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2585-2595

  Long II, John D ^b   Carmena, Jose M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Learning; Microstimulation; Rat; Somatosensory learning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CRANIECTOMY; HEMISPHERE; LEARNING; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMUS;

BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MICROSTIMULATION; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY LEARNING;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE NET; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMUS;

EID: 84878548741     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00553.2012     Document Type: Article

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