"teder" behaviour (tenderness) - An exploration into the neural pathways of mild touch perception in mammals and birds

Animal Biology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-65

  Dubbeldam, Jacob L ^a   Kortmulder, Koenraad ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Affiliation; Insular cortex; Limbic system; Somatosensory system; Teder behaviour

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BEHAVIOR; BIRD; BRAIN; HOMOLOGY; MAMMAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PERCEPTION; SENSORY SYSTEM; SIGNALING;

AVES; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 67049134981     PISSN: 15707555     EISSN: 15707563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157075609X417099     Document Type: Article

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