Segregation of tactile input features in neurons of the cuneate nucleus

Neuron

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1444-1452

  Jörntell, Henrik ^a   Bengtsson, Fredrik ^a   Geborek, Pontus ^a   Spanne, Anton ^a   Terekhov, Alexander V ^b   Hayward, Vincent ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUNEATE NUCLEUS; FEMALE; GLABROUS SKIN; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP TECHNIQUE; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUBCORTEX; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN MAPPING; INNERVATION; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN; TOUCH;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CATS; FEMALE; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; SKIN; TOUCH PERCEPTION;

EID: 84922017407     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: 10974199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2014.07.038     Document Type: Article

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