The organizational variability of the rodent somatosensory cortex

Reviews in the Neurosciences

Volumn 18, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 283-294

  Santiago, L F ^a   Rocha, E G ^a   Freire, M A M ^a,c   Dias, I A ^a   Lent, R ^b   Houzel, J C ^b   Picanco Diniz C W ^a   Pereira Jr , Antonio ^a   Franca, J G ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c International Institute of Neuroscience of Natal (IINN)   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Behavior; Cerebral cortex; Cortical map; Evolution; Modular organization; Rodents; Somatosensory

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; LATENT PERIOD; LIFESTYLE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RODENT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPECIES COMPARISON;

EID: 37749022854     PISSN: 03341763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/REVNEURO.2007.18.3-4.283     Document Type: Review

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