Initial cortical reactions to injury of the median and radial nerves to the hands of adult primates

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 366, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 700-716

  Silva, Allan C ^a   Rasey, Sandra K ^a   Wu, Xiaofang ^a   Wall, John T ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

brain plasticity; disinhibition; sensitization; somatosensory cortex; unmasking

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; INHIBITION KINETICS; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE INJURY; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; SENSITIZATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; ULNAR NERVE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FACE; FOREARM; HAND; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE FIBERS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RADIAL NERVE; SAIMIRI; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 0029997398     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960318)366:4<700::AID-CNE9>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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