Cortical map plasticity in animals and humans

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 138, Issue , 2002, Pages 73-88

  Rauschecker, Josef P ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; AUDITORY CORTEX; BEHAVIOR; BLINDNESS; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; LEARNING; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 0036456273     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(02)38072-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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