Insular cortex and neighboring fields in the cat: A redefinition based on cortical microarchitecture and connections with the thalamus

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 384, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 456-482

  Clascá, Francisco ^a,b   Llamas, Alfonso ^a   Reinoso Suárez, Fernando ^a,b  

^a AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Auditory cortex; Limbic cortex; Somatosensory cortex; Thalamocortical; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN CORTEX; GUSTATORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIMBIC CORTEX; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CATS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; THALAMUS;

EID: 0030878310     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19970804)384:3<456::AID-CNE10>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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