The thalamus as a monitor of motor outputs

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 357, Issue 1428, 2002, Pages 1809-1821

  Guillery, R W ^a   Sherman, S M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Stony Brook University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellar; Cortical; Mamillary; Sensory; Thalamic afferents

Indexed keywords

NEUROLOGY;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0037196083     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2002.1171     Document Type: Conference Paper

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