Are bimodal neurons the same throughout the brain?

The Neural Bases of Multisensory Processes

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 51-64

  Meredith, M Alex ^a   Allman, Brian L ^a   Keniston, Leslie P ^a   Clemo, H Ruth ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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