Barrels, stripes, and fingerprints in the brain - Implications for theories of cortical organization

Journal of Neurocytology

Volumn 31, Issue 3-5 SPEC. ISS., 2002, Pages 347-358

  Catania, Kenneth C ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; BRAIN CORTEX; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FACE; HAND; HISTOLOGY; MOLE RAT; MOUSE; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PLATYPUS; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THEORY; VIBRISSA;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; DERMATOGLYPHICS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; SENSATION; SKIN; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VIBRISSAE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 0037961258     PISSN: 03004864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024186329012     Document Type: Review

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