Changes in the organization of the ventroposterior lateral thalamic nucleus after digit removal in adult raccoon

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 364, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 92-103

  Rasmusson, Douglas ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

denervation; plasticity; thalamus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; DENERVATION; FINGER AMPUTATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACCOON; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; DENERVATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RACCOONS; THALAMIC NUCLEI; THALAMUS; TOES;

EID: 0029671383     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960101)364:1<92::AID-CNE8>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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