Altered sensory experience induces targeted rewiring of local excitatory connections in mature neocortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 37, 2008, Pages 9249-9260

  Cheetham, Claire E J ^a   Hammond, Martin S L ^a   McFarlane, Rachael ^a   Finnerty, Gerald T ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Axon; Dendrite; Memory; Reorganization; Somatosensory; Structural

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; EXON; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SENSATION; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SYNAPSE; VIBRISSA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; BRAIN MAPPING; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; DENDRITIC SPINE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IN VITRO STUDY; INNERVATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN MAPPING; DENDRITES; DENDRITIC SPINES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEOCORTEX; NERVE NET; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SYNAPSES; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 55249122184     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2974-08.2008     Document Type: Article

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