Topographic organization and corticocortical connections of the forepaw representation in areas S1 and SC of the opossum: Evidence for a possible role of area SC in multimodal processing

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Volumn , Issue OCT, 2011, Pages

  Anomal, Renata Figueiredo ^a   Rocha Rego, Vanessa ^a   Franca, João G ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brain evolution; Cortical maps; Marsupial; Somatosensory cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN REGION; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIDELPHIS AURITA; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; FOREFOOT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT TRACING; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIMARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 84862988979     PISSN: 16625129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2011.00056     Document Type: Article

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