A primate genesis model of focal dystonia and repetitive strain injury: I. Learning-induced dedifferentiation of the representation of the hand in the primary somatosensory cortex in adult monkeys

Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 508-520

  Byl, Nancy N ^a,b   Merzenich, Michael M ^a   Jenkins, William M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; HAND; HAND GRIP; LEARNING; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 0029831656     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.47.2.508     Document Type: Article

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