Cortical Synaptogenesis and Motor Map Reorganization Occur during Late, but Not Early, Phase of Motor Skill Learning

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 628-633

  Kleim, Jeffrey A ^a   Hogg, Theresa M ^a   VandenBerg, Penny M ^a   Cooper, Natalie R ^a   Bruneau, Rochelle ^a   Remple, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Intracortical microstimulation; Learning; Motor cortex; Motor map; Plasticity; Rat; Synaptogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FORELIMB; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOGENESIS; TRAINING;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL COUNT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FORELIMB; LEARNING; MALE; MICROELECTRODES; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SKILLS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SYNAPSES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0842283995     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3440-03.2004     Document Type: Article

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