Cortical organization in shrews: Evidence from five species

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 410, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-72

  Catania, Kenneth C ^a   Lyon, David C ^a   Mock, Orin B ^b   Kaas, Jon H ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b A T STILL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Cortex; Evolution; Insectivore; Somatosensory

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MYELIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION CORTEX; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN CORTEX; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; INSECTIVORE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MOTOR CORTEX; NEOCORTEX; SENSATION; SHREWS;

EID: 0033584250     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990719)410:1<55::AID-CNE6>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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