Development of motor maps in rats and their modulation by experience

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1309-1317

  Young, Nicole A ^a,b   Vuong, Jennifer ^a,b   Campbell Teskey, G ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bicuculline; Cortex; Deprivation; Enrichment; Movement representations; Skilled reach training

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; BICUCULLINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; FEMALE; FORELIMB; INTRACORTICAL MICROSTIMULATION; LEARNING; LIMB MOVEMENT; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BICUCULLINE; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; FORELIMB; GABA-A RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS;

EID: 84865811947     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01045.2011     Document Type: Article

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