Cell-poor septa separate representations of digits in the ventroposterior nucleus of the thalamus in monkeys and prosimian galagos

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 519, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 738-758

  Qi, Hui Xin ^a   Gharbawie, Omar A ^a   Wong, Peiyan ^a   Kaas, Jon H ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Area 3b; Digit representation; Somatosensory maps; VGluT2

Indexed keywords

NEURONAL TRACT TRACER; PARVALBUMIN; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CELL SEPARATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GALAGIDAE; HAPLORHINI; MICROELECTRODE; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE ENDING; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTUM NUCLEUS; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; THALAMUS POSTERIOR NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; FINGERS; GALAGO; HAPLORHINI; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; STAINING AND LABELING; THALAMIC NUCLEI; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 2;

EID: 78751509043     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22545     Document Type: Article

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