Neuroplastic effects of neonatal capsaicin on barrel cortex of adult rat. An electrophysiological and autoradiographic study

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 397-403

  Farkas, T ^a   Rojik, I ^a   Laszlo F ^a   Varga, C ^a   Toldi, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Autoradiography; Barrelfield; Capsaicin; Neuronal plasticity; Somatosensory cortex

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VIBRISSA;

EID: 0030668514     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.1997.tb00368.x     Document Type: Article

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