Perceptual plasticity is mediated by connectivity changes of the medial thalamic nucleus

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2343-2352

  Klingner, Carsten M ^a   Hasler, Caroline ^a   Brodoehl, Stefan ^a   Axer, Hubertus ^a   Witte, Otto W ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

BOLD; FMRI; Functional connectivity; Perception; Somatosensory cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONNECTOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SECONDARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THALAMUS MEDIAL NUCLEUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

BOLD; FMRI; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; PERCEPTION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MEDIODORSAL THALAMIC NUCLEUS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877326036     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.22074     Document Type: Article

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