Rapid changes in brainstem maps of adult primates after peripheral injury

Brain Research

Volumn 774, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 211-215

  Xu, J ^a   Wall, J T ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Brainstem mapping; Cortex; Denervation; Nerve injury; Primate cuneate nucleus; Somatosensory plasticity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUNEATE NUCLEUS; GLABROUS SKIN; HAND; MEDIAN NERVE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 0031558631     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)81706-4     Document Type: Article

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