Thalamostriatal projections from the medial posterior and parafascicular nuclei have distinct topographic and physiologic properties

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 36-50

  Alloway, Kevin D ^a,b   Smith, Jared B ^a,b   Watson, Glenn D R ^a,b  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Habituation; Neuronal latency; Neuronal tracing; Whisker stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STRIATE CORTEX; SUBTHALAMUS; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; THALAMUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; THALAMUS PARAFASCICULAR NUCLEUS; TOPOGRAPHY; ZONA INCERTA;

BASAL GANGLIA; HABITUATION; NEURONAL LATENCY; NEURONAL TRACING; WHISKER STIMULATION;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; CORPUS STRIATUM; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; THALAMIC NUCLEI; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 84891520741     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00399.2013     Document Type: Article

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