Somatosensory and motor representations in cerebral cortex of a primitive mammal (Monodelphis domestica): A window into the early evolution of sensorimotor cortex

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 421, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-51

  Frost, Shawn B ^a   Milliken, Garrett W ^b   Plautz, Erik J ^a,d   Masterton, R Bruce ^c   Nudo, Randolph J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Marsupial; Motor cortex; Sensory cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; EVOLUTION; FACE; FEMALE; MALE; MANDIBLE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VIBRISSA;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; MICROELECTRODES; MOTOR CORTEX; OPOSSUMS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 0034701746     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(20000522)421:1<29::AID-CNE3>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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