Functional convergence of thalamic and intrinsic projections to cortical layers 4 and 6

Neurophysiology

Volumn 45, Issue 5-6, 2013, Pages 396-406

  Lee, C C ^a   Imaizumi, K ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

auditory; cortex; intracortical circuits; photostimulation; somatosensory; thalamus

Indexed keywords

FLAVOPROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; IN VITRO STUDY; INHERITANCE; LASER MICROSCOPY; MEDIAL GENICULATE BODY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIMARY AUDITORY CORTEX; PRIMARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; THALAMUS RETICULAR NUCLEUS; TOPOGRAPHY; WHOLE CELL PATCH CLAMP;

EID: 84891626012     PISSN: 00902977     EISSN: 15739007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11062-013-9385-2     Document Type: Article

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