Delayed reorganization of the shoulder representation in forepaw barrel subfield (FBS) in first somatosensory cortex (SI) following forelimb deafferentation in adult rats

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 100-112

  Pearson, Phillip P ^a   Li, Cheng X ^a   Chappell, Tyson D ^a   Waters, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrels; Cortical plasticity; Cortical reorganization; Limb amputation; Rodents; Somatosensory cortex; Temporal reorganization

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAFFERENTATION; FOREFOOT; FORELIMB; FOREPAW BARREL SUBFIELD; LATENT PERIOD; LIMB AMPUTATION; NERVE CELL; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SHOULDER; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; DENERVATION; FORELIMB; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS, AFFERENT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SHOULDER; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0242266111     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-003-1625-z     Document Type: Article

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