Septal columns in rodent barrel cortex: Functional circuits for modulating whisking behavior

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 480, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 299-309

  Alloway, Kevin D ^a,b   Zhang, Mengliang ^a   Chakrabakti, Shubhodeep ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Columnar organization; Motor cortex; Retrograde tracing; Sensorimotor integration, somatosensory cortex

Indexed keywords

TRACER;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CELL LABELING; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROL SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ISOTOPE LABELING; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TISSUE SECTION; TOPOGRAPHY; VIBRISSA;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPACE PERCEPTION; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 9644259015     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20339     Document Type: Article

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