Potential circuit mechanisms underlying concurrent thalamic and cortical plasticity

Reviews in the Neurosciences

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 213-224

  Nicolelis, Miguel A L ^a   Katz, Donald ^a   Krupa, David J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGNOSIA; BRAIN CORTEX; MOTOR NERVE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE LESION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY RECEPTOR; THALAMUS;

EID: 0031782215     PISSN: 03341763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/REVNEURO.1998.9.3.213     Document Type: Review

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