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Somatotopic Mapping

Somatotopic Mapping is a neuroanatomical principle characterized by the orderly spatial representation of sensory or motor surfaces of the body within the central nervous system, where adjacent regions of the sensory or motor periphery are systematically projected onto adjacent regions of neural tissue.

924

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2.9K

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868

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2017–2026

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Somatotopy

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Publications

924

Microstructure of a spatial map in the entorhinal cortex

Torkel Hafting, Marianne Fyhn, Sturla Molden et al. · Nature · 2005 · 4.2K citations

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Action observation activates premotor and parietal areas in a somatotopic manner: an fMRI study

Giovanni Buccino, Ferdinand Binkofski, Gereon R. Fink et al. · European Journal of Neuroscience · 2001 · 2.3K citations

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Somatotopic Representation of Action Words in Human Motor and Premotor Cortex

Olaf Hauk, Ingrid S. Johnsrude, Friedemann Pulvermüller · Neuron · 2004 · 2.2K citations · Full text

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Action observation activates premotor and parietal areas in a somatotopic manner: an fMRI study

Giovanni Buccino, Ferdinand Binkofski, Gereon R. Fink et al. · European Journal of Neuroscience · 2001 · 1.7K citations

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Corticocortical connections of area F3 (SMA‐proper) and area F6 (pre‐SMA) in the macaque monkey

Giuseppe Luppino, Massimo Matelli, Rosolino Camarda et al. · The Journal of Comparative Neurology · 1993 · 805 citations

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Authors

2.9K

  1. JH
    Jon H. Kaas

    Vanderbilt University, United States

    28 publications · 4.6K citations

    27

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  2. KZ
    Karl Zilles

    Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany

    9 publications · 4.9K citations

    9

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  3. MS
    Mriganka Sur

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    9 publications · 2.3K citations

    9

    h-index

  4. WW
    Wally Welker

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    8 publications · 1.2K citations

    8

    h-index

  5. JH
    J. H. Kaas

    Vanderbilt University, United States

    7 publications · 491 citations

    7

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Institutions

868

  1. Vanderbilt University

    Nashville, United States

    37 h-index

    124 publications

    19K citations

  2. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    30 h-index

    80 publications

    7.5K citations

  3. Inserm

    Paris, France

    21 h-index

    75 publications

    6.3K citations

  4. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    19 h-index

    61 publications

    7.1K citations

  5. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    16 h-index

    39 publications

    3K citations

  6. Karolinska Institutet

    Stockholm, Sweden

    15 h-index

    24 publications

    3.7K citations

  7. Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

    Düsseldorf, Germany

    14 h-index

    51 publications

    20.6K citations

  8. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    14 h-index

    62 publications

    4.5K citations

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  1. The Journal of Comparative Neurology

    146 publications · 15.2K citations

    69

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  2. Journal of Neuroscience

    62 publications · 7.8K citations

    46

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  3. Journal of Neurophysiology

    JN · 72 publications · 7.3K citations

    43

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  4. Brain Research

    60 publications · 4.2K citations

    38

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  5. NeuroImage

    25 publications · 2.6K citations

    24

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