Organization of somatosensory cortex in the Northern grasshopper mouse (Onychomys leucogaster), a predatory rodent

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 519, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 64-74

  Sarko, Diana K ^a   Leitch, Duncan B ^a,b   Girard, Isabelle ^c   Sikes, Robert S ^d   Catania, Kenneth C ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STEVENS POINT   (United States)

^d University of Arkansas   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Forepaw; Predator; S1; Somatosensory; Trigeminal; Visual

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN FUNCTION; COCHLEAR NERVE; GRASSHOPPER MOUSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; MYELINATED NERVE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE FIBER; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL COUNT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SIGMODONTINAE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 78649688876     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22504     Document Type: Article

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