Cortical, callosal, and thalamic connections from primary somatosensory cortex in the naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber), with special emphasis on the connectivity of the incisor representation

Anatomical Record - Part A Discoveries in Molecular, Cellular, and Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 288, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 626-645

  Henry, Erin C ^a   Catania, Kenneth C ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Neocortex; S1; S2; Teeth; VPM

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN NUCLEUS; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FORELIMB; INCISOR; INTERHEMISPHERIC TRANSFER; MOLE RAT; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; POSTERIOR MEDIAL NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS; VENTRAL LATERAL NUCLEUS; VENTRAL MEDIAL NUCLEUS; VENTRAL POSTERIOR LATERAL SUBNUCLEUS; VENTRAL POSTERIOR MEDIAL SUBNUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FORELIMB; INCISOR; MICROELECTRODES; MOLE RATS; MOLECULAR PROBES; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMIC NUCLEI; THALAMUS; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ-HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE CONJUGATE;

HETEROCEPHALUS GLABER;

EID: 33744935511     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: 15524892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.a.20328     Document Type: Article

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