Extensive divergence and convergence in the thalamocortical projection to monkey somatosensory cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 4216-4232

  Rausell, Estrella ^a   Bickford, Lincoln ^a   Manger, Paul R ^b,c   Woods, Timothy M ^b   Jones, Edward G ^b  

^a AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Area 3b; Cortical plasticity; Fluorescent dextrans; Phaseolus vulgaris, leukoagglutinin; Somatotopic representation; Ventral posterior nucleus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; MONKEY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

EID: 0032101775     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-11-04216.1998     Document Type: Article

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