Deactivation and reactivation of somatosensory cortex after dorsal spinal cord injury

Nature

Volumn 386, Issue 6624, 1997, Pages 495-498

  Jain, Neeraj ^a   Catania, Kenneth C ^a   Kaas, Jon H ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; MONKEY; NERVE TRACT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE;

ANIMALS; AOTUS TRIVIRGATUS; BRAIN MAPPING; HAND; NEURONS, AFFERENT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 0030899652     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/386495a0     Document Type: Article

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