Organization of somatosensory cortex and distribution of corticospinal neurons in the eastern mole (Scalopus aquaticus)

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 378, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 337-353

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

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

barrel field; evolution; motor cortex; sensory receptors

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; MOLE RAT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY RECEPTOR; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FORELIMB; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MICROELECTRODES; MOLES; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPINAL CORD; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ-HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE CONJUGATE;

EID: 0031050958     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19970217)378:3<337::AID-CNE3>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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