Practice makes cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 35, 2008, Pages 8655-8657

  Duerden, Emma G ^a   Laverdure Dupont, Danièle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; WHITE MATTER; ANIMAL; HISTOLOGY; LEARNING; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 52049097039     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2650-08.2008     Document Type: Short Survey

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