Patterned Activity via Spinal Dorsal Quadrant Inputs Is Necessary for the Formation of Organized Somatosensory Maps

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 32, 2003, Pages 10321-10330

  Jain, Neeraj ^a,d   Diener, Pamela S ^b,c   Coq, Jacques Olivier ^a   Kaas, Jon H ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL BRAIN RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Cuneate nucleus; Development; Plasticity; Rat; Somatosensory cortex; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MYELIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUNEATE NUCLEUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; NISSL SUBSTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD HEMISECTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

EID: 0345255904     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-32-10321.2003     Document Type: Article

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