Intracortical cartography in an agranular area

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue DEC, 2009, Pages 337-343

  Shepherd, Gordon M G ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Frontal; Motor; Pyramidal neuron; Synaptic circuits

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952883967     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/neuro.01.030.2009     Document Type: Review

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