Cortical organization in insectivora: The parallel evolution of the sensory periphery and the brain

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 311-321

  Catania, Kenneth C ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Evolution; Insectivora; Insectivore; Isocortex; Neocortex; Somatosensory

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BRAIN CORTEX; CONFERENCE PAPER; EVOLUTION; INSECTIVORE; NEOCORTEX; OLFACTORY CORTEX; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY CORTEX; SENSORY RECEPTOR; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM;

ATELERIX ALBIVENTRIS; CONDYLURA CRISTATA; ERINACEIDAE; INSECTIVORA; MAMMALIA; SCALOPUS AQUATICUS; SOREX CINEREUS;

EID: 0033823165     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000006666     Document Type: Conference Paper

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