Synaptogenesis and FOS expression in the motor cortex of the adult rat after motor skill learning

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 4529-4535

  Kleim, Jeffrey A ^a   Lussnig, Erich ^a   Schwarz, Edward R ^a   Comery, Thomas A ^a   Greenough, William T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

c fos; Fos; motor cortex; motor learning; rat; synaptic plasticity; synaptogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; LEARNING; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

EID: 0029902028     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-14-04529.1996     Document Type: Article

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