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  • “The relative sizes of different sensory representations in naked mole-rats S1. The chart on the right shows the percentage of cortex devoted to different body parts. On the left the different body parts are illustrated according to their cortical proportions. This “mole-ratunculus” provides a graphic illustration of the cortical magnification of the incisors and head (illustration by Lana Finch).” ‘Somatosensory cortex dominated by the representation of teeth in the naked mole-rat brain’

    “The relative sizes of different sensory representations in naked mole-rats S1. The chart on the right shows the percentage of cortex devoted to different body parts. On the left the different body parts are illustrated according to their cortical proportions. This “mole-ratunculus” provides a graphic illustration of the cortical magnification of the incisors and head (illustration by Lana Finch).”

    ‘Somatosensory cortex dominated by the representation of teeth in the naked mole-rat brain’

    Tagged: Lana Finch Heterocephalus glaber Naked Mole Rat Mole Rat rodent Somatosensory Somatosensory cortex

    Posted on January 30, 2012 with 53 notes

    Source: pnas.org

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