Modality distribution of sensory neurons in the feline caudate nucleus and the substantia nigra

Acta Biologica Hungarica

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 269-279

  Márkus, Zita ^a   Eödegh, Gabriella ^a   Paróczy, Zsuzsanna ^a   Benedek, G ^a   Nagy, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Auditory; Basal ganglia; Multisensory integration; Somatosensory; Visual

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAT; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY RECEPTOR; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

ANIMALS; CATS; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; FEMALE; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

FELIDAE;

EID: 55849150499     PISSN: 02365383     EISSN: 1588256X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ABiol.59.2008.3.1     Document Type: Article

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