A connection to the past: Monodelphis domestica provides insight into the organization and connectivity of the brains of early mammals

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 521, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 3877-3897

  Dooley, James C ^a   Franca, João G ^b   Seelke, Adele M H ^a   Cooke, Dylan F ^a,c   Krubitzer, Leah A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

3a; 3b; Cortical evolution; Marsupial; Multimodal cortex; Posterior parietal

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; CAUDAL SOMATOSENSORY FIELD; CONNECTOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MONODELPHIS DOMESTICA; MULTIMODAL CORTEX; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT TRACING; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; PRIMARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROSTRAL SOMATOSENSORY FIELD; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

3A; 3B; CORTICAL EVOLUTION; MARSUPIAL; MULTIMODAL CORTEX; POSTERIOR PARIETAL;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; FEMALE; MALE; MONODELPHIS; NERVE NET; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 84885352064     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.23383     Document Type: Article

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