Reorganization of somatosensory cortical areas 3b and 1 after unilateral section of dorsal columns of the spinal cord in squirrel monkeys

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 38, 2011, Pages 13662-13675

  Qi, Hui Xin ^a   Chen, Li M ^a   Kaas, Jon H ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL SIZE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUNEATE NUCLEUS; MALE; MICROELECTRODE; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD LESION; SQUIRREL MONKEY; TACTILE STIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HAND; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT-TRACING TECHNIQUES; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SAIMIRI; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL CORD REGENERATION;

EID: 80053078580     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2366-11.2011     Document Type: Article

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