Organization of the primary somatosensory cortex and wing representation in the Big Brown Bat, Eptesicus fuscus

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 197, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 89-96

  Chadha, M ^a   Moss, C F ^a,b   Sterbing D'Angelo, S J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Bat; Electrophysiology; Somatosensory cortex; Tactile; Wing

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027948369     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-010-0590-9     Document Type: Article

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