Callosal connections of dorso-lateral premotor cortex

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 775-788

  Marconi, B ^a   Genovesio, A ^b   Giannetti, S ^a,c   Molinari, M ^a,c   Caminiti, Roberto ^b  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Callosal connections; Intermanual transfer; Macaque monkey; Premotor cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CYTOARCHITECTURE; MACACA; NERVE PROJECTION; NISSL STAINING; NONHUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMIDINES; ANIMALS; CORPUS CALLOSUM; MACACA MULATTA; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED;

EID: 0042819839     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02807.x     Document Type: Article

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