In search of the motor engram: Motor map plasticity as a mechanism for encoding motor experience

Neuroscientist

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 471-483

  Monfils, Marie H ^a   Plautz, Erik J ^b   Kleim, Jeffrey A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Motor cortex; Motor maps; Skill learning; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

BRAIN INJURY; LEARNING; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LEARNING; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SKILLS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SYNAPSES;

EID: 21744438818     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073858405278015     Document Type: Review

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