Emerging concepts of brain function

Journal of Integrative Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 183-205

  Bach y Rita, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain function; Brain plasticity; Functional reorganization; Nonsynaptic; Volume transmission

Indexed keywords

FLUOXETINE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ALGORITHM; AMBLYOPIA; BLINDNESS; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; COGNITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; REHABILITATION CENTER; REVIEW; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VESTIBULAR NERVOUS SYSTEM; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; COGNITION; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEUROSCIENCES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REHABILITATION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 20944443292     PISSN: 02196352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219635205000768     Document Type: Review

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