Somatosensory fovea in the star-nosed mole: Behavioral use of the star in relation to innervation patterns and cortical representation

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 387, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 215-233

  Catania, Kenneth C ^a   Kaas, Jon H ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortical magnification; Development; Evolution; Somatosensory cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; INNERVATION; MOLE RAT; NONHUMAN; NOSE; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN MAPPING; MOLES; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NOSE; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 0030983942     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19971020)387:2<215::AID-CNE4>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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