Somatosensation in the superior colliculus of the star-nosed mole

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 464, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 415-425

  Crish, Samuel D ^a   Comer, Christopher M ^a   Marasco, Paul D ^b   Catania, Kenneth C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Mechanosensory; Optic tectum; Somatosensory; Topography

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; EYE MOVEMENT; HEAD MOVEMENT; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MOLE RAT; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TOPOGRAPHY; TOUCH; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MECHANORECEPTORS; MOLES; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TOUCH;

EID: 0041419769     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10791     Document Type: Article

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