Learning through maps: Functional significance of topographic organization in primary sensory cortex

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 64-68

  Diamond, Mathew E ^a   Petersen, Rasmus S ^a   Harris, Justin A ^b  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY CORTEX; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; LEARNING; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 0032868993     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(199910)41:1<64::AID-NEU9>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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