Environmental enrichment alters organizational features of the forepaw representation in the primary somatosensory cortex of adult rats

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 191-204

  Coq, Jacques Olivier ^a   Xerri, Christian ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Cortical plasticity; Environmental enrichment; Forepaw skin map; Primary somatosensory cortex; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; FOREFOOT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKIN SURFACE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TACTILE STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FORELIMB; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 0031809724     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050452     Document Type: Article

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