Valentino Braitenberg: From neuroanatomy to behavior and back

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 527-539

  Negrello, Mario ^a,b  

^a OKINAWA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behavioral function; Braitenberg; History; Neuroanatomy; Neuroscience

Indexed keywords

HISTORY; NEUROLOGY; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

BRAITENBERG; MOTOR BEHAVIOR; NEURAL FIBERS; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROSCIENCE;

TOPOLOGY;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; HISTORY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE TRACT; NEUROANATOMY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROANATOMY;

EID: 84920709221     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: 14320770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00422-012-0533-3     Document Type: Article

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