Processing of spinal somatosensory information in anterior and posterior cerebellum of the pigeon

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 111-120

  Schulte, M ^a   Necker, R ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body representation; Cerebellum; Electrophysiology; Pigeon; Somatosensory system

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031838322     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050239     Document Type: Article

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