Organization of the projections from the posterior parietal cortex to the rostral and caudal regions of the motor cortex of the cat

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 504, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-41

  Andujar, Jacques Étienne ^a   Drew, Trevor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dextran amines; Motor control; Retrograde tracers; Visuomotor

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ANIMALS; CATS; FEMALE; FORELIMB; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PARIETAL LOBE; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 34547878719     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21434     Document Type: Article

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