Multisensory plasticity in adulthood: Cross-modal experience enhances neuronal excitability and exposes silent inputs

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 464-474

  Yu, Liping ^a   Rowland, Benjamin A ^a   Xu, Jinghong ^a   Stein, Barry E ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory; Multisensory integration; Plasticity; Sensory exposure; Visual

Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CAT; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 84872400094     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00739.2012     Document Type: Article

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