Parallel organization of somatosensory cortical areas I and II for tactile processing

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 23, Issue 10-11, 1996, Pages 931-938

  Rowe, M J ^a   Turman, A B ^a   Murray, G M ^a   Zhang, H Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cat; Cerebral cortex; Cutaneous; Parallel processing; Primate; Sensory systems; Serial processing; Somatosensory cortex; Tactile

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MONKEY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TACTILE STIMULATION; THALAMUS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0029844393     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.1996.tb01145.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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