Evolution of columns, modules, and domains in the neocortex of primates

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages 10655-10660

  Kaas, Jon H ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrels; Hypercolumns; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOTOR CORTEX; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY STIMULATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; EVOLUTION; HISTOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; MODELS, ANATOMIC; NEOCORTEX; PRIMATES;

EID: 84866148776     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1201892109     Document Type: Review

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