Experience-induced plasticity of cutanaeous maps in the primary somatosensory cortex of adult monkeys and rats

Journal of Physiology Paris

Volumn 90, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 277-287

  Xerri, C ^a   Coq, J O ^a   Merzenich, M M ^b   Jenkins, W M ^b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity dependency; Adult plasticity; Behavior; Corticle map; Hand representation; Learning; Motor skill; Receptive field; Somatosensory cortex; Tactile experience

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BEHAVIOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; LEARNING; MATURATION; MONKEY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SENSORY STIMULATION; SKIN SURFACE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030470354     PISSN: 09284257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-4257(97)81438-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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