Organization of the forepaw representation in ferret somatosensory cortex

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 253-268

  McLaughlin, Debra F ^a   Sonty, Ramana V ^a   Juliano, Sharon L ^a  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytoarchitecture; Multiple maps; Neocortex; Topography

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; FEMALE; FERRET; FOREFOOT; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGMOID GYRUS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031763829     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08990229870673     Document Type: Article

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