Neuronal encoding of texture in the whisker sensory pathway.

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Published in PLoS Biol on January 11, 2005

Authors

Ehsan Arabzadeh1, Erik Zorzin, Mathew E Diamond

Author Affiliations

1: Cognitive Neuroscience Sector, International School for Advanced Studies Trieste Italy. ehsan@sissa.it

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