The mole nose instructs the brain
- 1 January 1997
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Somatosensory & Motor Research
- Vol. 14 (1) , 56-58
- https://doi.org/10.1080/08990229771213
Abstract
Star-nosed moles normally have 11 mobile appendages, or rays, extending from each side of the nose. In cytochrome oxidase preparations, each ray is visible in primary somatosensory cortex as a dark band separated by light septa. When a single mole was found with 12 rays on each side of the nose, primary somatosensory cortex had 12 bands. We take this as further evidence that morphological features of somatosensory cortex are determined by the periphery.Keywords
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