Organization of sensory neocortex in prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster)

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 502, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 414-426

  Campi, Katharine L ^a   Karlen, Sarah J ^b   Bales, Karen L ^a   Krubitzer, Leah ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortical magnification; Evolution; Primary auditory cortex; Primary somatosensory cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VISUAL CORTEX; VOLE;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; NEOCORTEX; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SENSATION; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 34147187759     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21314     Document Type: Article

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