Functional organization in the orofacial region of the postcentral somatosensory cortex

Journal of Oral Biosciences

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 365-370

  Toda, Takashi ^a   Hayashi, Haruhide ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Macaque monkey; Postcentral gyrus; Receptive field; Somatotopical organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952239718     PISSN: 13490079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2330/joralbiosci.52.365     Document Type: Review

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