Short-term reorganization of the rat somatosensory cortex following hypodynamia-hypokinesia

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 266, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 145-148

  Langlet, Cécile ^a   Canu, Marie Hélène ^a   Falempin, Maurice ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Cortical reorganization; Cutaneous receptive fields; Disuse; Hindlimb suspension; Hindpaw representation; Plasticity; Somesthesic cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; HINDLIMB; HYPOKINESIA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HINDLIMB; HYPOKINESIA; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033532139     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00296-7     Document Type: Article

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