Adaptation in thalamic barreloid and cortical barrel neurons to periodic whisker deflections varying in frequency and velocity

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 3244-3254

  Khatri, V ^a,c   Hartings, J A ^b   Simons, D J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; HISTOLOGY; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; THALAMUS; VELOCITY; VIBRISSA;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; FEMALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMUS; TOUCH; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 8644251846     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00257.2004     Document Type: Article

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