Topographic organization in the brain: Searching for general principles

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 351-363

  Patel, Gaurav H ^a,b   Kaplan, David M ^c   Snyder, Lawrence H ^d  

^a Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

BRAIN FUNCTIONS; CORTICAL AREAS; MOTOR CORTEX; PARIETAL CORTICES; RECEPTIVE FIELDS;

BRAIN;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BRAIN; HUMAN; MACACA; NERVE CELL; PARIETAL LOBE; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; HUMANS; MACACA; NEURONS; PARIETAL LOBE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84903155756     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: 1879307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2014.03.008     Document Type: Review

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