Spatial organization of facial vibrissae and cortical barrels in the guinea pig and golden hamster

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 385, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 515-527

  Haidarliu, Sebastian ^a   Ahissar, Ehud ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Barrel field; Mystacial pad; Somatosensory cortex

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GUINEA PIG; HAMSTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; VIBRISSA;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CRICETINAE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GUINEA PIGS; MESOCRICETUS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TERMINOLOGY; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 0030954835     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19970908)385:4<515::AID-CNE3>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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