Persistent neuronal density changes related to the establishment of a motor memory

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 115-121

  Morales, Paola ^a   Pinto Hamuy, Teresa ^a   Fernández, Víctor ^a   Eugenia Diaz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical period; Motor cortex; Neuronal density; Persistence; Plasticity; Rat; Training

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGENATION; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FORELIMB; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MEMORY; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; RAT; SYNAPTOGENESIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND STRENGTH; MALE; MEMORY; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; NEURONS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS;

EID: 0032935168     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(98)00099-0     Document Type: Article

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