Branching thalamic afferents link action and perception

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 539-548

  Guillery, R W ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN STEM; HUMAN; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE BRANCHING; NERVE SPROUTING; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; THALAMUS; VISUAL SYSTEM;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN STEM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERCEPTION; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMUS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0042817961     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00337.2003     Document Type: Review

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