Cortical origin of functional recovery in the somatosensory cortex of the adult mouse after thalamic lesion

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1798-1806

  Croquelois, Alexandre ^a,b   Bronchti, Gilles ^c   Welker, Egbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Animal models; Lacunar infarction; Neuronal plasticity; Recovery of function; Somatosensory pathway; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAFFERENTATION; FEMALE; LACUNAR INFARCTION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMUS;

ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BIOTIN; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN MAPPING; DEOXYGLUCOSE; DEXTRANS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MICE; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NEURAL PATHWAYS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STAINING AND LABELING; THALAMUS; TIME FACTORS; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 18844406536     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.03994.x     Document Type: Article

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