Effect of developmental sensory and motor deprivation on the functional organization of adult rat somatosensory cortex

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 373-386

  Erchova, Irina A ^a,b   Petersen, Rasmus S ^a   Diamond, Mathew E ^a  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Facial nerve; Integration; Plasticity; SI; Vibrissa; Whisker

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VIBRISSA;

EID: 0038359672     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(03)00060-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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