Cortical plasticity underlying perceptual, motor, and cognitive skill development: Implications for neurorehabilitation

Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-8

  Merzenich, M ^a   Wright, B ^a   Jenkins, W ^a,b   Xerri, C ^a,c   Byl, N ^a   Miller, S ^a,b   Tallal, P ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Scientific Learning Corporation   (United States)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISABILITY; HAND DISEASE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LEARNING; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROREHABILITATION; NEUROSCIENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; CONFERENCE PAPER; MONKEY; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; PERCEPTION;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION; HUMANS; MOTOR SKILLS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030436411     PISSN: 00917451     EISSN: 19434456     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1101/SQB.1996.061.01.003     Document Type: Article

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