Cortical and subcortical plasticity in the brains of humans, primates, and rats after damage to sensory afferents in the dorsal columns of the spinal cord

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 209, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 407-416

  Kaas, Jon H ^a   Qi, Hui Xin ^a   Burish, Mark J ^a,b   Gharbawie, Omar A ^a   Onifer, Stephen M ^c   Massey, James M ^d  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans; Chondroitinase ABC; Cuneate nucleus; Dorsal column; Functional reorganization; Microelectrode mapping; Perineuronal nets; Regeneration; Somatosensory cortex; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CUNEATE NUCLEUS; HUMAN; MECHANORECEPTOR; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE INJURY; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SENSORY NERVE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE; SPROUTING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TACTILE STIMULATION; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; RATS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 38649083144     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2007.06.014     Document Type: Review

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