A star in the brainstem reveals the first step of cortical magnification

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Catania, Kenneth C ^a   Leitch, Duncan B ^a   Gauthier, Danielle ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN STEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOLE (INSECTIVORA); NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRINCIPAL SENSORY NUCLEUS; SENSORY NERVE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; ANIMAL; HISTOLOGY; MICROELECTRODE; MYELIN SHEATH; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

CONDYLURA; CONDYLURA CRISTATA;

ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; MICROELECTRODES; MOLES; MYELIN SHEATH; NEURONS, AFFERENT; ORGAN SIZE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 79960443566     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022406     Document Type: Article

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