Suppression of temporary deafferentation-induced plasticity in the primary somatosensory cortex of rats by GABA antagonist

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 334, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 87-90

  Jung, Sung Cherl ^a   Shin, Hyung Cheul ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Hallym University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Afferent transmission; Deafferentation; GABA; Neural ensemble; Plasticity; Somatosensory

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BICUCULLINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAFFERENTATION; FACILITATION; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FORELIMB; GABA ANTAGONISTS; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 0037073565     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(02)01108-4     Document Type: Article

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