The sense of touch in the star-nosed mole: From mechanoreceptors to the brain

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1581, 2011, Pages 3016-3025

  Catania, Kenneth C ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Neocortex; Skin; Somatosensory; Tactile

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; MECHANORECEPTION; NEUROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHAPE; SKIN; SMALL MAMMAL; SPECIALIST; SPECIALIZATION; VISION;

CONDYLURA; INSECTIVORA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 80053492882     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0128     Document Type: Review

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