Organization of somatosensory areas I and II in marsupial cerebral cortex: Parallel processing in the possum sensory cortex

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2316-2324

  Coleman, G T ^a   Zhang, H Q ^a   Murray, G M ^a   Zachariah, M K ^a   Rowe, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; EVOKED RESPONSE; EVOLUTION; FORELIMB; MARSUPIAL; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; TOUCH;

EID: 0033051249     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.81.5.2316     Document Type: Article

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