Correlating cytoarchitecture and function in cat primary somatosensory cortex: The challenge of individual differences

Brain Research

Volumn 750, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 95-108

  Myasnikov, Alexandre A ^a   Dykes, Robert W ^a   Leclerc, Serge S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

cat; cytoarchitecture; empirical method; somatosensory cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN MAPPING; CATS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 0031044960     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(96)01337-6     Document Type: Article

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