Comparison of reorganization of the somatosensory system in rats that sustained forelimb removal as neonates and as adults

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 465, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 335-348

  Bowlus, Theodore H ^a   Lane, Richard D ^a   Stojic, Andrey S ^a   Johnston, Molly ^a   Pluto, Charles P ^a   Chan, Michael ^a   Chiaia, Nicolas L ^a   Rhoades, Robert W ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Amputation; Dorsal column nuclei; Dorsal root ganglia; Functional reorganization; Plasticity; Somatosensory cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAFFERENTATION; FORELIMB; LIMB AMPUTATION; MEDIAL LEMNISCUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SPINAL GANGLION; SPINE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGE FACTORS; AMPUTATION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FORELIMB; MALE; NEURONS, AFFERENT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 0141768229     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10849     Document Type: Article

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