Clarifying homologies in the mammalian cerebral cortex: The case of the third visual area (V3)

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 32, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 327-339

  Rosa, Marcello G P ^a   Manger, Paul R ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Architecture; Area 19; Evolution; Extrastriate; Interhemispheric connections; Vision

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; CAT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTION; GENICULATE NUCLEUS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERHEMISPHERIC TRANSFER; MOTION; MYELINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; RAT; RECOGNITION; SHORT SURVEY; VISION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 20344401131     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.2005.04192.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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