Dorsal and Ventral Fingers in elephant's trunk and facial motor nucleus (IMAGE)

Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW)

Dorsal and Ventral Fingers in elephant's trunk and facial motor nucleus

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Nerve cells in the African elephant’s facial motor nucleus (left). The facial nucleus is the brain structure, which controls the muscles of the face. Trunk tip of an African elephant with the two trunk fingers (right). The ‘trunk-finger’ representation stands out in the elephant’s brain

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Kaufmann et al, Science Advances

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