Reorganization of Human Cerebral Cortex: The Range of Changes following Use and Injury

Neuroscientist

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 129-141

  Elbert, Thomas ^a   Rockstroh, Brigitte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cortex; Neuroplasticity; Reorganization

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; APHASIA; BLINDNESS; BRAILLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INJURY; DYSTONIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSICIAN; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM PAIN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STROKE;

BRAIN INJURIES; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DENERVATION; DYSTONIC DISORDERS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PHANTOM LIMB; SENSATION;

EID: 1642300801     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073858403262111     Document Type: Review

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