Plasticity of somatosensory cortex in primates

Seminars in the Neurosciences

Volumn 9, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 3-12

  Florence, Sherre L ^a   Jain, Neeraj ^a   Kaas, Jon H ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortical topography; Cuneate nucleus; Peripheral nerve transection; Spinal cord injury; Ventroposterior nucleus

Indexed keywords

NEUROTRANSMITTER;

AMPUTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUNEATE NUCLEUS; DEAFFERENTATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE INJURY; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SENSORY CORTEX; SENSORY NERVE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0030930193     PISSN: 10445765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/smns.1997.0101     Document Type: Article

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