Dynamic and distributed somatosensory representations as the substrate for cortical and subcortical plasticity

Seminars in the Neurosciences

Volumn 9, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 24-33

  Nicolelis, Miguel A L ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Haptics; Neural ensembles; Neural networks; Population coding; SI cortex; Tactile information; VPM thalamus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; DEAFFERENTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY SYSTEM; SKIN NERVE; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; TACTILE STIMULATION; TOUCH;

EID: 0030884010     PISSN: 10445765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/smns.1997.0103     Document Type: Article

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