Computational model of topographic reorganization in somatosensory cortex in response to digit lesions

Neurocomputing

Volumn 26-27, Issue , 1999, Pages 435-441

  Mazza, Marcelo B ^a   Roque da Silva, Antonio C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cortical maps; Cortical plasticity; Realistic simulation; Somatosensory

Indexed keywords

CELLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; SKIN;

CORTICAL MAPS; CORTICAL PLASTICITY; REALISTIC SIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY;

BRAIN;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CELL ACTIVITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SENSORY RECEPTOR; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032833617     PISSN: 09252312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-2312(99)00049-1     Document Type: Article

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