Modular processing in the hand representation of primate primary somatosensory cortex coexists with widespread activation

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 3136-3145

  Reed, Jamie L ^a   Qi, Hui Xin ^a   Pouget, Pierre ^a   Burish, Mark J ^b   Bonds, A B ^a   Kaas, Jon H ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AOTUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HAND; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AOTIDAE; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HAND; MALE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TOUCH;

EID: 78650858833     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00566.2010     Document Type: Article

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