Chemoarchitecture of layer 4 isocortex in the American water shrew (Sorex palustris)

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 261-271

  Leitch, Duncan B ^a   Gauthier, Danielle ^b   Sarko, Diana K ^c   Catania, Kenneth C ^b  

^a Neuroscience Graduate Program   (United States)

^b Departments of Biological Sciences   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Cranial nerve; Evolution; Insectivore; Somatosensory cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; CRANIAL NERVE; HISTOLOGY; MYELINATED NERVE; PHYSIOLOGY; SHREW; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CRANIAL NERVES; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; SHREWS;

INSECTIVORA; SOREX PALUSTRIS; SORICIDAE;

EID: 81255185246     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000330832     Document Type: Article

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