Whisker plucking alters responses of rat trigeminal ganglion neurons
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Whisker plucking alters responses of rat trigeminal ganglion neurons.
Whisker plucking in developing and adult rats provides a convenient method of temporarily altering tactile input for the purposes of studying experience-dependent plasticity in the somatosensory cortex. Yet, a comprehensive examination of the effect of whisker plucking on the response properties of whisker follicle-innervating trigeminal ganglion (NVg) neurons is lacking. We used extracellular ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Somatosensory & Motor Research
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0899-0220,1369-1651
DOI: 10.1080/08990220310001622951