Silent neurons in sensorimotor cortices: Implications for cortical plasticity

Neural Plasticity in Adult Somatic Sensory-Motor Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1-19

  Brecht, Michael ^a   Schneider, Miriam ^a   Manns, Ian D ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

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