Subcortical barrelette-like and barreloid-like structures in the prosimian galago (Otolemur garnetti)

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

Volumn 112, Issue 22, 2015, Pages 7079-7084

  Sawyer, Eva Kille ^a   Liao, Chia Chi ^b   Qi, Hui Xin ^b   Balaram, Pooja ^c,d   Matrov, Denis ^e,f   Kaas, Jon H ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Barrel cortex; Primate; Somatosensory maps; Trigeminal; Vibrissa

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 1; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 2;

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CELL BODY; FEMALE; GALAGIDAE; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NISSL SUBSTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; PRINCIPAL SENSORY NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSIMIAN; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMUS POSTERIOR NUCLEUS; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS; VIBRISSA; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPINAL TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS; THALAMUS;

GALAGO; GALAGONIDAE; MAMMALIA; MUS; OTOLEMUR GARNETTII; PRIMATES; RATTUS; STREPSIRHINI;

ANIMALS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NISSL BODIES; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; STREPSIRHINI; THALAMUS; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS, SPINAL; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 84930965627     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1506646112     Document Type: Article

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