Does reorganization in the cuneate nucleus following neonatal forelimb amputation influence development of anomalous circuits within the somatosensory cortex?

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 866-875

  Lane, Richard D ^a   Pluto, Charles P ^a   Kenmuir, Cynthia L ^a   Chiaia, Nicolas L ^a   Mooney, Richard D ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROTROPHIN 3;

AMPUTATION STUMP; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARM AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUNEATE NUCLEUS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SCIATIC NERVE; SENSORY NERVE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; AMPUTATION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN MAPPING; FORELIMB; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEUROTROPHIN 3; PHANTOM LIMB; RATS; SCIATIC NERVE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 39149126356     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00867.2007     Document Type: Article

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