Possible anatomical pathways for short-latency multisensory integration processes in primary sensory cortices

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 220, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 955-977

  Henschke, Julia U ^a   Noesselt, Tömme ^b,c   Scheich, Henning ^a,c   Budinger, Eike ^a,b,c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crossmodal; Multimodal interplay; Phase reset; Rodent; Stimulus detection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CYTOLOGY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; GERBIL; MALE; NERVE TRACT; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT TRACING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SENSORY FEEDBACK; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; TIME; VISUAL CORTEX;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; FEMALE; GERBILLINAE; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT-TRACING TECHNIQUES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; THALAMIC NUCLEI; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 84891363948     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-013-0694-4     Document Type: Article

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