Plasticity in cerebellar tactile maps in the adult rat

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 413, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 583-592

  Shumway, Caroly A ^a,b   Morissette, Josée ^c   Gruen, Peter ^d   Bower, James M ^c  

^a Depts of Conservation and Research   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY MARINE PROGRAM   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Field potential; Granule cell; Mossy fiber; Somatosensory

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAFFERENTATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; INCISOR; LATENT PERIOD; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; TACTILE STIMULATION; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBELLUM; DENERVATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TOUCH;

EID: 0033231802     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19991101)413:4<583::AID-CNE7>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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