Cortical connections to single digit representations in area 3b of somatosensory cortex in squirrel monkeys and prosimian galagos

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 521, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 3768-3790

  Liao, Chia Chi ^a   Gharbawie, Omar A ^a   Qi, Huixin ^a   Kaas, Jon H ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticocortical connections; Hand representation; Intrinsic connections; Spatial integration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIGIT REPRESENTATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FINGER; GALAGIDAE; HAND; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT TRACING; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SQUIRREL MONKEY;

CORTICOCORTICAL CONNECTIONS; HAND REPRESENTATION; INTRINSIC CONNECTIONS; SPATIAL INTEGRATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CHOLERA TOXIN; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SAIMIRI; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STREPSIRHINI; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 2;

EID: 84892890608     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.23377     Document Type: Article

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