The thalamocortical projection systems in primate: An anatomical support for multisensory and sensorimotor interplay

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2025-2037

  Cappe, Céline ^a,b,d   Morel, Anne ^c   Barone, Pascal ^b   Rouiller, Eric M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Auditory system; Corticothalamic; Monkey; Motor system; Somatosensory system; Tracing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM; MONKEY; MOTOR SYSTEM; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MACACA MULATTA; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMUS;

EID: 67649589403     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhn228     Document Type: Article

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