Bilateral receptive field neurons and callosal connections in the somatosensory cortex

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 355, Issue 1394, 2000, Pages 267-273

  Iwamura, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bilateral representations; Callosal connections; Hands; Midline fusion theory; Postcentral gyrus

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS; MACACA; MACACA FUSCATA;

EID: 0034728445     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2000.0563     Document Type: Article

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