Cutaneous representations of the hand and other body parts in the cuneate nucleus of a primate, and some relationships to previously described cortical representations

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 13, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 187-197

  Xu, J ^a   Wall, J T ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cuneate nucleus; Hand; Lemniscal system; Marmoset (Callithrix jacchus); Primate; Somatosensory cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CUNEATE NUCLEUS; FACE; FORELIMB; HAND; HINDLIMB; MARMOSET; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS;

EID: 0030498662     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08990229609052575     Document Type: Article

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